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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






3. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






4. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






5. 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






6. 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)






7. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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-






14. 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






15. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






17. Only circumstances determine behavior






18. 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






19. 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






20. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






22. Somatotypes personality theory






23. Critical of personality trait theory






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






25. 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






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


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






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






29. External and internal locus of control






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






31. Studied Type A personality






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






33. Have a great need for arousal






34. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






35. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






38. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






44. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






45. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






47. 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






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






49. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






50. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual