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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. 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)






3. Learned helplessness






4. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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. Cognitive prototype approach






7. Only circumstances determine behavior






8. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






9. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






10. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






11. 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






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






13. 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)






14. 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-






15. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






18. Personality changes little after age 30






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


20. 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






21. Somatotypes personality theory






22. 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-






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






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






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






26. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






30. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






33. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






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






37. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






38. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






39. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






41. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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