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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






3. 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-






4. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






6. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






8. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






9. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






11. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Have a great need for arousal






19. 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






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






22. Learned helplessness






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






24. Cognitive prototype approach






25. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






27. 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






28. Studied Type A personality






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






35. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






38. Only circumstances determine behavior






39. 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)






40. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






42. Personality changes little after age 30






43. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






44. 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)






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






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






47. Critical of personality trait theory






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






49. Hierarchy of needs






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