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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






3. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






4. Personality changes little after age 30






5. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






6. 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






7. Only circumstances determine behavior






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


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






10. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






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






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






15. Possessing both male and female qualities






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






24. 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)






25. 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






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






27. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






29. Learned helplessness






30. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






32. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






36. 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






37. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






40. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






41. 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-






42. Studied Type A personality






43. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






44. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






45. 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






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






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






48. Hierarchy of needs






49. 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)






50. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)