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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






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






6. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






8. Studied Type A personality






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






10. External and internal locus of control






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






12. 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






13. Critical of personality trait theory






14. 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






15. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






22. 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)






23. Possessing both male and female qualities






24. Have a great need for arousal






25. 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






26. 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






27. Personality changes little after age 30






28. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






29. 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






30. Cognitive prototype approach






31. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






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






35. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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-






42. 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)






43. Only circumstances determine behavior






44. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






45. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






46. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






47. Learned helplessness






48. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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