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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Studied Type A personality






2. 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






3. Critical of personality trait theory






4. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






5. Learned helplessness






6. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






9. Possessing both male and female qualities






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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-






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






16. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






18. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






19. Cognitive prototype approach






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






21. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






22. 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






23. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






24. External and internal locus of control






25. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






26. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






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






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






33. 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)






34. 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






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






36. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






38. 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






39. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






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






44. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






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






48. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






50. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)