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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Somatotypes personality theory






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


3. 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






4. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






6. 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






7. Critical of personality trait theory






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






9. 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)






10. Learned helplessness






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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)






17. Cognitive prototype approach






18. Only circumstances determine behavior






19. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






20. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






21. Studied Type A personality






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






23. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






26. 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






27. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






30. 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)






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






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






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






34. Hierarchy of needs






35. 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






36. 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






37. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






38. 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






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. 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-






41. 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






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






43. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






44. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






45. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






48. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






50. 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-