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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






3. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






6. 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






7. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






8. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






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






13. Personality changes little after age 30






14. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






17. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






19. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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-






27. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






28. 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






29. External and internal locus of control






30. Studied Type A personality






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






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






33. 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)






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






35. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






43. 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-






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. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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


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






48. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






49. 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)






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