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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. 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






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






4. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






6. Somatotypes personality theory






7. 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






8. Have a great need for arousal






9. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






10. Personality changes little after age 30






11. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






12. External and internal locus of control






13. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






14. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






16. 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






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


18. 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-






19. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






20. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






21. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






22. Cognitive prototype approach






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






24. Studied Type A personality






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






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






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






28. Possessing both male and female qualities






29. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






31. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






42. Hierarchy of needs






43. 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)






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






45. Critical of personality trait theory






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality