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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Hierarchy of needs






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






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






16. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






17. Personality changes little after age 30






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


19. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






20. Possessing both male and female qualities






21. Have a great need for arousal






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






23. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






24. 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






25. External and internal locus of control






26. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






27. 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






28. Critical of personality trait theory






29. 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)






30. Studied Type A personality






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






32. Learned helplessness






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






34. Somatotypes personality theory






35. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






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






39. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






40. 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






41. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






42. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






43. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






45. 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






46. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






49. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






50. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory