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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. External and internal locus of control






2. Learned helplessness






3. 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)






4. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






6. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






7. 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)






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






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






10. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






12. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






17. 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






18. 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-






19. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






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






23. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






25. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






26. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






29. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






30. Studied Type A personality






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






32. 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






33. Cognitive prototype approach






34. 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-






35. 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






36. Personality changes little after age 30






37. 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






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






39. Hierarchy of needs






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


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






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






43. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






45. 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






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






47. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






50. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists