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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






3. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






4. 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






5. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






6. Only circumstances determine behavior






7. External and internal locus of control






8. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






10. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






13. 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






14. 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)






15. Studied Type A personality






16. Critical of personality trait theory






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






18. 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-






19. 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)






20. 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-






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Personality changes little after age 30






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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)






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






42. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






43. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






44. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






45. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






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






50. Hierarchy of needs