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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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






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






3. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






4. Personality changes little after age 30






5. Studied Type A personality






6. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






8. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






10. 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






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






12. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






13. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






15. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






19. Learned helplessness






20. 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






21. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






23. 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)






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






30. Cognitive prototype approach






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






32. Critical of personality trait theory






33. Hierarchy of needs






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






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


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






37. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






39. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






43. 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-






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






45. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. External and internal locus of control