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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






3. 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






4. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






5. 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-






6. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






13. 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






14. Critical of personality trait theory






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


16. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






17. 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






18. External and internal locus of control






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






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






21. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






22. Studied Type A personality






23. 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)






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






25. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






26. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






39. Learned helplessness






40. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






42. 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






43. 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-






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






45. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






46. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






47. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






48. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






50. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior