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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






3. Hierarchy of needs






4. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






6. Used factor analysis in data reduction of Allport'S 5000 traits; identified 16 bipolar source traits (e.g. relaxed-tense) that seemed to underlie all; 16 personality factors tested in personality questionnaire






7. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






8. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as outcome of own actions; too much breeds self-blame






9. Fundamental attribution error; tendency for others to think actions are caused more by personality than situation (e.g. lie because he is a liar - not because of the situation)






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






11. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






12. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






13. 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






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






15. Somatotypes personality theory






16. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as result of luck or fate; too much breeds helplessness






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






18. 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-






19. Experience can change people'S personalities; after a series of events one feels helpless or out of control - negative or pessimistic explanatory style develops; gives up in general - exhibits helpless disposition; countered with learned optimism






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






21. 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






22. Studied Type A personality






23. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






25. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






26. Critical of personality trait theory






27. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






28. 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






29. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






30. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






31. Emphasized idiographic approach to personality theory - as opposed to nomothetic; conscious motives governed by proprium or propriate function; lexical approach (5000 possible traits) - determined trait hierarchy of cardinal - central - secondary tra






32. 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






33. Many argue that there is no true gender differences - children are reinforced for stereotypical behaviors - prevailing pov -> interactionist






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






35. Criticized trait and type theories that both assume behaviour is stable across situations and people fail to take circumstances into account; - studies show that people often act different in different situations; consistency paradox






36. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






37. Characterized by drive - competitiveness - aggressiveness - tension - hostility; found - most common in middle to upper class men






38. Possessing both male and female qualities






39. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






40. 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






41. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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


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






45. 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)






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






47. External and internal locus of control






48. Learned helplessness






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






50. 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