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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. A state; temporary condition of being aware of how you are thinking - feeling or doing






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






3. External and internal locus of control






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






5. 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-






6. 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






7. Somatotypes personality theory






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






9. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






10. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






15. 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-






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






17. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






18. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






19. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






20. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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


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






23. 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)






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






29. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






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






33. Have a great need for arousal






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






35. 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)






36. Hierarchy of needs






37. 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)






38. 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






39. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






45. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






48. 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






49. Studied Type A personality






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