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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






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






3. Cognitive prototype approach






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. 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






6. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






8. 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






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






10. Somatotypes personality theory






11. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






14. Learned helplessness






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






17. 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






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






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






20. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






21. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






22. 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-






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






24. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






25. External and internal locus of control






26. Critical of personality trait theory






27. 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-






28. Hierarchy of needs






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






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


31. 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)






32. 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






33. Only circumstances determine behavior






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






39. Studied Type A personality






40. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






42. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






43. 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)






44. 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






45. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






47. 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)






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






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






50. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory