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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






3. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






4. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






6. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






7. 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






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






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






10. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






11. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






15. 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)






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






17. External and internal locus of control






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Critical of personality trait theory






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






25. 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






26. 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-






27. Hierarchy of needs






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






29. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






32. Learned helplessness






33. 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)






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






35. Somatotypes personality theory






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






37. 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






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






39. Have a great need for arousal






40. 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






41. 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)






42. 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-






43. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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


46. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






47. Studied Type A personality






48. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






50. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual