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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






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. Knowing you are worthwhile and in touch with strengths; 50% perceive selves accurately - 35% narcissistically






7. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






8. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






9. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






10. 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






11. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






12. Cognitive prototype approach






13. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






15. Learned helplessness






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






17. Hierarchy of needs






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






19. 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






20. Personality changes little after age 30






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






22. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






23. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. A state; temporary condition of being aware of how you are thinking - feeling or doing






30. 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)






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






32. Only circumstances determine behavior






33. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






35. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






37. 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






38. 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-






39. 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)






40. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






42. 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






43. Dispositional attribution; 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)






44. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






50. 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