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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






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






3. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






6. 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-






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






8. 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






9. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Possessing both male and female qualities






18. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






19. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






21. 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






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






23. Studied Type A personality






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. Cognitive prototype approach






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






27. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






28. Somatotypes personality theory






29. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






30. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






31. 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






32. 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






33. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






34. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






35. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






36. 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






37. External and internal locus of control






38. Critical of personality trait theory






39. 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-






40. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






42. 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)






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


44. Personality changes little after age 30






45. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






46. 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






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






48. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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