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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






4. 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-






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






6. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






7. 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






8. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






9. 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






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






11. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Learned helplessness






19. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






21. Have a great need for arousal






22. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






27. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






28. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






29. Cognitive prototype approach






30. 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






31. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Personality changes little after age 30






37. 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-






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






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






40. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






41. Studied Type A personality






42. 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






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






44. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






45. Critical of personality trait theory






46. 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)






47. Only circumstances determine behavior






48. 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






49. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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