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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






3. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






4. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






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






8. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Possessing both male and female qualities






13. 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






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






15. Somatotypes personality theory






16. External and internal locus of control






17. Personality changes little after age 30






18. 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






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






20. 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)






21. Critical of personality trait theory






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






23. Cognitive prototype approach






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






26. Studied Type A personality






27. 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






28. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






29. 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






30. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






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






35. 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)






36. 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






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


38. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






39. 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-






40. Only circumstances determine behavior






41. 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)






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






47. 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-






48. Learned helplessness






49. 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






50. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior