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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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)






2. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






4. 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






5. Have a great need for arousal






6. Only circumstances determine behavior






7. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






10. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






11. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






12. Studied Type A personality






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






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






15. 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-






16. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






19. Learned helplessness






20. 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






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






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






23. Personality changes little after age 30






24. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






25. 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)






26. 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)






27. 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






28. 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






29. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






32. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






37. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






40. External and internal locus of control






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






42. 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-






43. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






45. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






47. Hierarchy of needs






48. 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






49. 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






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