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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Somatotypes personality theory






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






3. Personality changes little after age 30






4. 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-






5. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






8. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






10. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






11. 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)






12. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






13. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






14. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






15. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






16. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






17. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






25. 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






26. Learned helplessness






27. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






29. 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-






30. Possessing both male and female qualities






31. External and internal locus of control






32. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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

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






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






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






37. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. Have a great need for arousal






46. 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)






47. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






48. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






50. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual