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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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






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






3. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






5. Hierarchy of needs






6. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






7. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






8. Learned helplessness






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






10. Personality changes little after age 30






11. 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)






12. 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






13. Critical of personality trait theory






14. Cognitive prototype approach






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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-






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






21. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






25. 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-






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






27. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






28. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






30. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






31. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as outcome of own actions; too much breeds self-blame






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






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






34. Somatotypes personality theory






35. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






36. 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)






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






38. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






39. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






41. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






42. 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






43. 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






44. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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