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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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)






2. Only circumstances determine behavior






3. 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






4. 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






5. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






7. Have a great need for arousal






8. 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






9. Learned helplessness






10. External and internal locus of control






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






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






13. 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






14. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






15. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






19. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






21. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






23. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






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






29. 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-






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






31. Possessing both male and female qualities






32. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






33. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






37. Cognitive prototype approach






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






42. 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-






43. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






45. Hierarchy of needs






46. Personality changes little after age 30






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


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






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






50. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences