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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. 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-






3. Possessing both male and female qualities






4. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






6. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






8. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






9. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






10. Somatotypes personality theory






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






21. 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






22. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






26. Personality changes little after age 30






27. External and internal locus of control






28. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






31. 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)






32. Learned helplessness






33. Only circumstances determine behavior






34. Studied Type A personality






35. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






37. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






38. 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






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






40. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






46. Critical of personality trait theory






47. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






50. Belief that one can effectively perform a task