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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






3. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






4. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






5. 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






6. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






8. Possessing both male and female qualities






9. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






10. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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)






24. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






25. 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






26. Studied Type A personality






27. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






28. 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-






29. Somatotypes personality theory






30. Have a great need for arousal






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. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed






33. Learned helplessness






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






35. 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)






36. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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)






42. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






43. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Hierarchy of needs






50. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior