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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. 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-






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






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






5. Studied Type A personality






6. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






8. Learned helplessness






9. 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






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






11. External and internal locus of control






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






17. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed






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






19. 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)






20. 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






21. Only circumstances determine behavior






22. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






23. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






26. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






27. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






29. Hierarchy of needs






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






31. 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






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






33. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






35. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






36. Critical of personality trait theory






37. 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






38. 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)






39. Personality changes little after age 30






40. Have a great need for arousal






41. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






42. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






44. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






46. Somatotypes personality theory






47. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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


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






50. 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