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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






2. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






4. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






7. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






8. Hierarchy of needs






9. Personality changes little after age 30






10. 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






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. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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-






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






17. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






19. Critical of personality trait theory






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






30. Have a great need for arousal






31. 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-






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






33. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






36. External and internal locus of control






37. 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






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






39. 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)






40. Possessing both male and female qualities






41. Studied Type A personality






42. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






44. 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)






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






46. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






47. 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






48. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






50. Learned helplessness