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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






2. Studied Type A personality






3. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






4. External and internal locus of control






5. 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






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






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






8. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






9. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






12. Hierarchy of needs






13. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






14. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






16. Personality changes little after age 30






17. 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-






18. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






21. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






22. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






23. Cognitive prototype approach






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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


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






30. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






31. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






34. 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-






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






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






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






38. Learned helplessness






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. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






41. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Only circumstances determine behavior






46. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






48. 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)






49. 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






50. 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