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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Hierarchy of needs






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






10. 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)






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






12. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






13. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






14. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






19. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






20. Cognitive prototype approach






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






22. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






24. 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-






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






26. 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-






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






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






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






30. External and internal locus of control






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






32. 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






33. Studied Type A personality






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






35. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






37. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






40. 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






41. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






42. Learned helplessness






43. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






44. 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






45. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






46. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






47. 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






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






49. 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






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