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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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






2. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






4. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






9. 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






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






11. Possessing both male and female qualities






12. Critical of personality trait theory






13. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






14. 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)






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. Studied Type A personality






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






22. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






25. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






26. 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






27. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






28. 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






29. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






32. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






34. 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






35. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






36. 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-






37. External and internal locus of control






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






39. Learned helplessness






40. 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)






41. Cognitive prototype approach






42. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






43. 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






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






45. 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-






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






47. Personality changes little after age 30






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






49. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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