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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Hierarchy of needs






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






3. Critical of personality trait theory






4. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






7. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






8. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






9. 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






10. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






11. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






12. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






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






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






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


19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Have a great need for arousal






23. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






24. 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-






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)






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






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






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. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






34. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






36. 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-






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






38. 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






39. 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)






40. 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)






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






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






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






44. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






46. 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






47. External and internal locus of control






48. Learned helplessness






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






50. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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