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GRE Psychology: Personality
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1. 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
Authoritarianism
Proprium or propriate function
External locus of control
Fundamental attribution error
2. In the forefront -a combination of stable - internal factors and situations
interactionists
Internal locus of control
Ectomorph
Hans Eysenck
3. Critical of personality trait theory
Self-consciousness
Henry Murray
Mesomorph
Seymour Epstein
4. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations
Barnum effect
Alice Eagly
Somatotypes (personality theory' +types)
Endomorph
5. Self-defeating behaviour that allows one to dismiss or excuse failure
Abraham Maslow
Barnum effect
Self-handicapping
Self-efficacy
6. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Somatotypes (personality theory' +types)
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Bem Sex Role Inventory
Henry Murray
7. Have a great need for arousal
Stimulus-seeking individuals
Authoritarianism
Gordon Allport
Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin
8. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual
Endomorph
Self-awareness
William Sheldon
Ectomorph
9. Learned helplessness
personal constructs
Self-handicapping
Martin Seligman
dispositionist
10. 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)
Fundamental attribution error
Matina Horner
Walter Mischel and Nancy Cantor
Gender and depression
11. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)
trait
Personality
Mirrors
Lexical approach
12. A trait; how often one generally becomes self-aware; very - if you pay a lot of attention to your self
Martin Seligman
Personality
Androgynous
Self-consciousness
13. 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)
External locus of control
Abraham Maslow
Cognitive prototype approach
Dispositional attribution
14. Cognitive prototype approach
Julian Rotter
Walter Mischel and Nancy Cantor
Seymour Epstein and Walter Mischel
Personality tests (2 types)
15. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour
Cognitive prototype approach
Walter Mischel and Nancy Cantor
George Kelley
William Sheldon
16. 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
Mirrors
Nomothetic approach
Gordon Allport
Costa and McCrae
17. Hierarchy of needs
Twin studies
Phrenology
Abraham Maslow
Barnum effect
18. External and internal locus of control
Bem Sex Role Inventory
Julian Rotter
Lexical approach
interactionists
19. Androgynous individuals have higher self-esteem - lower anxiety - more adaptability than their highly masculine or feminine counterparts
Twin studies
Gender and depression
Gordon Allport
Bem Sex Role Inventory
20. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory
3 personality theories
Self-handicapping
Fundamental attribution error
Sandra Bem
21. Ambiguous story cards - people project own 'needs'
Self-esteem
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Implicit theories (personality)
Cognitive prototype approach
22. Only circumstances determine behavior
Self-esteem
situationists
Type A personality
Grant Dahlstrom
23. Found interaction between gender and social status - how easily an individual might be influenced
Alice Eagly
Julian Rotter
Sandra Bem
Matina Horner
24. Sheldon - Somatotypes' short - plump means pleasure-seeking - social
Endomorph
Taxonomies
dispositionist
Seymour Epstein and Walter Mischel
25. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as outcome of own actions; too much breeds self-blame
Internal locus of control
Fundamental attribution error
Learned helplessness
Ectomorph
26. 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-
Kay Deaux
Abraham Maslow
Phenomenological view (personality)
Somatotypes (personality theory' +types)
27. Belief that one can effectively perform a task
Narcissism
Self-efficacy
Raymond Cattell
personal constructs
28. Sheldon; personality based on body types - three physiques and corresponding personality types: endomorph - mesomorph - ectomorph
29. At the top a cardinal trait (always consistent) - then central traits - then secondary traits (may conflict)
Trait hierarchy
Proprium or propriate function
Bem Sex Role Inventory
Kay Deaux
30. Scrutiny of own behaviour - motivation to act appropriately rather than honestly - ability to mask true feelings
Learned optimism
Self-monitoring
Nomothetic approach
personal constructs
31. Studied Type A personality
Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenmean
Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin
Phenomenological view (personality)
Julian Rotter
32. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations
Self-awareness
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Consistency paradox
personal constructs
33. A state; temporary condition of being aware of how you are thinking - feeling or doing
Self-awareness
Gender and depression
Narcissism
Sandra Bem
34. 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
Self-consciousness
Authoritarianism
Internal locus of control
Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin
35. 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
Learned optimism
Self-awareness
dispositionist
Learned helplessness
36. Personality changes little after age 30
Bem Sex Role Inventory
Consistency paradox
Costa and McCrae
Grant Dahlstrom
37. Originally dominated personality theory (Hippocrates) - many placed into type categories based on physical appearance; including using phrenology and somatotypes
Type theory
Hans Eysenck
dispositionist
Learned helplessness
38. 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
Nomothetic approach
Phenomenological view (personality)
Raymond Cattell
Gordon Allport
39. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary
Raymond Cattell
Idiographic approach
Lexical approach
Self-handicapping
40. Knowing you are worthwhile and in touch with strengths; 50% perceive selves accurately - 35% narcissistically
Self-awareness
Self-esteem
Cognitive prototype approach
Barnum effect
41. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and California Personality Inventory (CPI)
Phenomenological view (personality)
Self-efficacy
Henry Murray
Personality tests (2 types)
42. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed
Implicit theories (personality)
Gender and depression
Cognitive prototype approach
Self-esteem
43. Cognitive training against learned helplessness
Learned optimism
Nature-nurture debate in terms of personality
Stimulus-seeking individuals
Self-efficacy
44. 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
Twin studies
Grant Dahlstrom
Stimulus-seeking individuals
Gordon Allport
45. Many argue that there is no true gender differences - children are reinforced for stereotypical behaviors - prevailing pov -> interactionist
Authoritarianism
Hans Eysenck
Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenmean
Nature-nurture debate in terms of personality
46. Linked Type A personality to heart disease and other health problems
Narcissism
Lexical approach
Grant Dahlstrom
Matina Horner
47. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem
Nature-nurture debate in terms of personality
Narcissism
Costa and McCrae
Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenmean
48. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality
Martin Seligman
dispositionist
personal constructs
Phrenology
49. Somatotypes personality theory
trait
External locus of control
Nature-nurture debate in terms of personality
William Sheldon
50. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences
Phenomenological view (personality)
Alice Eagly
3 personality theories
Kay Deaux