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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






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






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. Learned helplessness






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






6. 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-






7. Have a great need for arousal






8. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






10. Personality changes little after age 30






11. 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






12. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






13. 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






14. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






15. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






17. 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






18. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






20. 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)






21. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






23. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






24. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






25. Somatotypes personality theory






26. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






27. 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)






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






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






30. 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






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






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


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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






41. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






45. Critical of personality trait theory






46. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






47. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






48. Studied Type A personality






49. 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






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