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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. External and internal locus of control






3. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






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. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






9. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






10. Studied Type A personality






11. 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






12. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






13. Have a great need for arousal






14. Androgynous individuals have higher self-esteem - lower anxiety - more adaptability than their highly masculine or feminine counterparts






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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-






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






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






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






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






24. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






27. 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)






28. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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


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






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. 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






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






35. Only circumstances determine behavior






36. 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






37. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






44. 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-






45. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






46. 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)






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






48. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






49. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






50. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary