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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






2. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






3. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






4. 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






5. Critical of personality trait theory






6. 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






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






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






9. External and internal locus of control






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






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






12. 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-






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






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






15. 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






16. 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)






17. Hierarchy of needs






18. 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






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






20. Somatotypes personality theory






21. 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






22. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






24. 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






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






26. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






28. 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






29. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






30. Only circumstances determine behavior






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


32. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






35. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






36. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






37. Cognitive prototype approach






38. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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)






46. Studied Type A personality






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






48. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






49. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






50. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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