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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






2. Have a great need for arousal






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






4. Hierarchy of needs






5. Critical of personality trait theory






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. External and internal locus of control






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






12. 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-






13. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






15. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






16. 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-






17. 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






18. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






20. 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






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






22. 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)






23. Studied Type A personality






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. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






27. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






28. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






29. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






33. Personality changes little after age 30






34. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






36. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






37. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






40. 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






41. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






45. Learned helplessness






46. 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






47. Only circumstances determine behavior






48. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






50. 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)