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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






2. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






5. Have a great need for arousal






6. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






7. 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)






8. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






9. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






12. 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






13. 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)






14. 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)






15. 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






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. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






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






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






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






24. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






26. Cognitive prototype approach






27. 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






28. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






30. 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






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


32. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






34. 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






35. Hierarchy of needs






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. External and internal locus of control






38. Personality changes little after age 30






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






40. Studied Type A personality






41. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






42. Only circumstances determine behavior






43. Somatotypes personality theory






44. 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-






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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