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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






2. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






4. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






6. Criticized trait and type theories that both assume behaviour is stable across situations and people fail to take circumstances into account; - studies show that people often act different in different situations; consistency paradox






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






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






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






10. Have a great need for arousal






11. 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






12. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






13. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






15. 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






16. Cognitive prototype approach






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






18. 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-






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






20. 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-






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






22. 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






23. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






26. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






27. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






30. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






32. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






36. 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






37. Learned helplessness






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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)






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






45. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






46. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






48. 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






49. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






50. Only circumstances determine behavior