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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






3. Critical of personality trait theory






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






5. 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






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






7. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






8. Somatotypes personality theory






9. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






11. 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






12. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






13. Only circumstances determine behavior






14. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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. Hierarchy of needs






18. 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






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






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






21. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






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






27. 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-






28. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






29. 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






30. Studied Type A personality






31. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






37. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






38. 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






39. 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-






40. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. External and internal locus of control






45. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






47. Have a great need for arousal






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






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


50. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual