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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






2. 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)






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






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






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






6. Learned helplessness






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






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


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






10. 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






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






12. Critical of personality trait theory






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






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






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






18. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






20. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






22. Studied Type A personality






23. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






24. Cognitive prototype approach






25. 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






26. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






27. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






30. Only circumstances determine behavior






31. 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)






32. 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-






33. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






35. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






36. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






37. External and internal locus of control






38. 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






39. 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






40. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






41. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






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






46. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






47. 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-






48. 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






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






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