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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Studied Type A personality






2. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






6. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






7. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






8. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






9. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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. Critical of personality trait theory






13. Learned helplessness






14. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






15. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






16. 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






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






18. Hierarchy of needs






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






20. 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)






21. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






22. 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






23. 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






24. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






25. 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)






26. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






33. External and internal locus of control






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

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






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






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






38. 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-






39. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






42. Personality changes little after age 30






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






44. Cognitive prototype approach






45. 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-






46. 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






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






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






49. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






50. Have a great need for arousal