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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Sheldon - Somatotypes' short - plump means pleasure-seeking - social






2. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






3. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






4. Somatotypes personality theory






5. Shows heritability of personality about 40-50% - identical twins separated at birth; 'Jim' twins had wives and dogs with same name - and same habits; differences shows environmental impact






6. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






7. At the top a cardinal trait (always consistent) - then central traits - then secondary traits (may conflict)






8. Personality changes little after age 30






9. Allport; his version of the ego - believed it acted relatively consistently based on traits developed through experience






10. Used factor analysis to identify underlying traits of 2 personality-type dimensions (introversion-extraversion and stable-unstable [neuroticism]); - two dimensions formed a cross and four quadrants of phlegmatic - melancholic - choleric - sanguine






11. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and California Personality Inventory (CPI)






12. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






13. External and internal locus of control






14. To show personality traits exist in a person - show person exhibits those traits in a variety of situations; cognitive behaviour (e.g. formulation of and attention to prototypes) is examined in social situations; - consistency of behaviour is result






15. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






16. People often make assumptions about the dispositions of an individual based on the actions of that person






17. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






18. Only circumstances determine behavior






19. Androgynous individuals have higher self-esteem - lower anxiety - more adaptability than their highly masculine or feminine counterparts






20. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






21. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






22. Suggested females shun masculine-type successes not because of fear or failure or lack of interest - but they fear success and its negative repercussions (i.e. resentment and rejection)






23. The study of why people act the way that they do and why different people act differently






24. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)






25. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






26. Generally make people more self-aware; small mirror - not so self-aware since its common - large mirror - very self-aware since we see a view of ourselves as others see us






27. Ambiguous story cards - people project own 'needs'






28. women'S success at 'male' tasks attributed to luck - - while men'S success attributed to skill; Suggesting - gender is a social construct that colours interpretations; - women attribute successes to luck more than men indicating they have lower self-






29. Uses large numbers of people to study commonalities of personality






30. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






31. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed






32. A trait; how often one generally becomes self-aware; very - if you pay a lot of attention to your self






33. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem






34. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






35. Found few sex differences existed that could not be explained by simple social learning; - most consistent difference that seems independent of social influence is that females have greater verbal ability and males have greater visual/spatial ability






36. In the forefront -a combination of stable - internal factors and situations






37. Scrutiny of own behaviour - motivation to act appropriately rather than honestly - ability to mask true feelings






38. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






39. The disposition to view the world as full of power relationships - measured by the F-scale (Fascism scale); - these individuals are either highly domineering (if top dog of situation) or submissive (as if they are in presence of a more powerfulfigure






40. Cognitive prototype approach






41. Originally dominated personality theory (Hippocrates) - many placed into type categories based on physical appearance; including using phrenology and somatotypes






42. Possibility that a person may behave inconsistently - presents problems for labelling people as one internal disposition






43. Suggested personality typology based on personal activity and social interest; ruling-dominant type (choleric; high-low) - getting-learning type (phlegmatic; low-high) - avoiding type (melancholic; low-low) - and socially useful type (sanguine; high-






44. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






45. Linked Type A personality to heart disease and other health problems






46. Sheldon; personality based on body types - three physiques and corresponding personality types: endomorph - mesomorph - ectomorph


47. Self-defeating behaviour that allows one to dismiss or excuse failure






48. Superfactors - 5 dimensions that encompass all of personality; superordinate traits or facets; O-dimension (openness to experience - intellectual curiosity) - C-dimension (conscientiousness) - E-dimension (extroversion - enthusiasm) - A-dimension (ag






49. Critical of personality trait theory






50. Found interaction between gender and social status - how easily an individual might be influenced