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






3. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Only circumstances determine behavior






12. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






13. 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






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






15. Learned helplessness






16. 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-






17. Critical of personality trait theory






18. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






19. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






20. External and internal locus of control






21. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






23. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






25. 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






26. Hierarchy of needs






27. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






28. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






29. 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)






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






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






40. Somatotypes personality theory






41. 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






42. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






44. 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






45. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






47. Possessing both male and female qualities






48. 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)






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






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