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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. 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)






2. 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






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






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






5. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






6. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






7. External and internal locus of control






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Studied Type A personality






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Learned helplessness






20. 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






21. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






22. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






26. Somatotypes personality theory






27. 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






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






30. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






31. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






32. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






33. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






36. Cognitive prototype approach






37. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






39. 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






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. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






42. 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)






43. Personality changes little after age 30






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. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






47. 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






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






49. 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-






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