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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personality changes little after age 30






2. Have a great need for arousal






3. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






4. 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-






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






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






7. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






10. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






11. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






12. 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






13. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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)






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






19. 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






20. Only circumstances determine behavior






21. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






25. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






32. 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






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






34. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






35. 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)






36. 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)






37. 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






38. 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






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


40. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






44. Studied Type A personality






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






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






47. Possessing both male and female qualities






48. Cognitive prototype approach






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






50. 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