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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Linked Type A personality to heart disease and other health problems






8. 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-






9. 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-






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






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






12. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






13. Studied Type A personality






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






15. Hierarchy of needs






16. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






17. 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)






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






19. 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)






20. 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






21. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. External and internal locus of control






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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






30. Have a great need for arousal






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






32. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






33. 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






34. 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






35. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






36. 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)






37. Possessing both male and female qualities






38. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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


41. 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






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






43. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Learned helplessness