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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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)






2. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






4. 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-






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






6. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






7. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






8. 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






9. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






10. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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. Learned helplessness






13. Critical of personality trait theory






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






19. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






20. Somatotypes personality theory






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






22. 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-






23. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






24. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






26. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






28. 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)






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


30. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






31. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






38. 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






39. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






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






44. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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. Studied Type A personality






48. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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