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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Learned helplessness






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. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






4. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






13. Studied Type A personality






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






15. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






17. Somatotypes personality theory






18. 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)






19. 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






20. Hierarchy of needs






21. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






23. Cognitive prototype approach






24. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






25. 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)






26. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






30. 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)






31. Have a great need for arousal






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. 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-






34. 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






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






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






37. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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


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






41. 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-






42. External and internal locus of control






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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