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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






7. Somatotypes personality theory






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






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






10. 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






11. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






12. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






13. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Hierarchy of needs






21. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






24. Studied Type A personality






25. Personality changes little after age 30






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

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27. 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






28. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






29. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






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






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






34. 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)






35. External and internal locus of control






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






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






38. 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






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






41. 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-






42. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






43. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






44. 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-






45. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






47. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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. Critical of personality trait theory