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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






10. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






13. 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






14. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






15. Cognitive prototype approach






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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)






21. External and internal locus of control






22. 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)






23. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






26. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






30. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






32. 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






33. Learned helplessness






34. 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






35. Possessing both male and female qualities






36. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






37. 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






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






39. Studied Type A personality






40. Have a great need for arousal






41. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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-






48. 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)






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






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