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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






3. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






4. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






6. Somatotypes personality theory






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






8. 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-






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






17. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






18. Cognitive prototype approach






19. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






20. Critical of personality trait theory






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


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






23. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






24. 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






25. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






26. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






28. External and internal locus of control






29. 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-






30. 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)






31. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






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






36. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






37. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






38. 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






39. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






40. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






42. Learned helplessness






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






44. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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)






49. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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