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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






9. 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)






10. Personality changes little after age 30






11. Possessing both male and female qualities






12. 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






13. External and internal locus of control






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






15. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






16. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






20. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






21. 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-






22. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






24. 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






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






26. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






27. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






28. 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)






29. Only circumstances determine behavior






30. Studied Type A personality






31. Cognitive prototype approach






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






40. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






42. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






44. Critical of personality trait theory






45. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






46. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






47. 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-






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






49. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






50. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive