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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






2. Possessing both male and female qualities






3. Cognitive prototype approach






4. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






5. Learned helplessness






6. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






8. 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)






9. Hierarchy of needs






10. 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






11. 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-






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






13. Somatotypes personality theory






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


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






16. 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






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






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






19. Studied Type A personality






20. 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)






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






22. 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






23. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






30. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






33. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






35. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






36. 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






37. 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






38. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






40. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






41. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






43. 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






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






45. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






46. 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






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






48. 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)






49. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






50. External and internal locus of control