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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Possessing both male and female qualities






2. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






5. Critical of personality trait theory






6. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






8. 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






9. 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)






10. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






12. 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






13. 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)






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






15. 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






16. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






17. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






18. Studied Type A personality






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






28. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






29. 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-






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






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






32. External and internal locus of control






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






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






35. Somatotypes personality theory






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






37. 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






38. Cognitive prototype approach






39. 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






40. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






41. Hierarchy of needs






42. Personality changes little after age 30






43. 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






44. 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-






45. 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






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






47. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






49. Learned helplessness






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