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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






2. Have a great need for arousal






3. Cognitive prototype approach






4. Studied Type A personality






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






11. 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)






12. 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-






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






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






15. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






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






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






23. 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






24. Hierarchy of needs






25. Learned helplessness






26. 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






27. Critical of personality trait theory






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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)






32. External and internal locus of control






33. 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






34. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






35. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






36. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






39. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






41. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






44. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






45. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






46. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






47. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






48. Possessing both male and female qualities






49. Personality changes little after age 30






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