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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Studied Type A personality






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






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






4. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






6. 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






7. Critical of personality trait theory






8. Cognitive prototype approach






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






16. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






17. 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






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






19. Somatotypes personality theory






20. 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






21. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






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






25. Only circumstances determine behavior






26. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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. 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)






33. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Personality changes little after age 30






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






40. Have a great need for arousal






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


42. Learned helplessness






43. 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






44. Hierarchy of needs






45. External and internal locus of control






46. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






48. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






49. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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