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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






9. Studied Type A personality






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






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






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






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






14. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






16. 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






17. Possessing both male and female qualities






18. 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






19. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






20. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






21. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






22. Somatotypes personality theory






23. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






24. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






25. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






27. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






28. 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)






29. Cognitive prototype approach






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






31. Hierarchy of needs






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






33. 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






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






35. Learned helplessness






36. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






39. 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-






40. External and internal locus of control






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






42. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






43. Personality changes little after age 30






44. 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)






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






46. Have a great need for arousal






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






48. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






49. Only circumstances determine behavior






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