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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personality changes little after age 30






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. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






10. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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


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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






22. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






24. 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)






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






26. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






27. Studied Type A personality






28. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






29. 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-






30. 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)






31. Somatotypes personality theory






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Only circumstances determine behavior






38. 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






39. 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-






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Cognitive prototype approach






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






47. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






48. Hierarchy of needs






49. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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