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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






2. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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


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






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






7. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






10. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






11. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






12. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






13. 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-






14. Hierarchy of needs






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. 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)






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






26. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






31. Studied Type A personality






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






33. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






34. 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






35. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






37. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






40. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






42. Personality changes little after age 30






43. 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-






44. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






49. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






50. Cognitive prototype approach