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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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






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






3. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






4. 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)






5. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






6. Only circumstances determine behavior






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Learned helplessness






11. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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-






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






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






20. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






21. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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. Have a great need for arousal






24. Possessing both male and female qualities






25. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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


27. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






29. 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)






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






31. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






33. External and internal locus of control






34. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






35. 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






36. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






39. Hierarchy of needs






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






41. 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






42. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






44. Cognitive prototype approach






45. 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-






46. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






47. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






48. 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)






49. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






50. Somatotypes personality theory