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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






2. 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-






3. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






11. 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






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






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


14. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






15. Only circumstances determine behavior






16. 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)






17. 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






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






19. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






22. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






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






26. Critical of personality trait theory






27. 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)






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






29. Learned helplessness






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






31. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






32. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






33. Hierarchy of needs






34. Cognitive prototype approach






35. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






36. 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






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






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






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






40. External and internal locus of control






41. Personality changes little after age 30






42. 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






43. Have a great need for arousal






44. Possessing both male and female qualities






45. 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






46. Studied Type A personality






47. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






48. 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-






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






50. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive