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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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-






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






3. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






6. 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






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






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. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






11. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






12. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






13. Cognitive prototype approach






14. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






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






20. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






21. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






23. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






25. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






27. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






29. 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






30. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






31. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






33. Learned helplessness






34. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






35. 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






36. 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






37. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






39. 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)






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






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






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






43. 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






44. Somatotypes personality theory






45. 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






46. Critical of personality trait theory






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


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






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






50. Studied Type A personality