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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






2. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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)






11. 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)






12. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






13. Personality changes little after age 30






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






15. Have a great need for arousal






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






17. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






18. 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






19. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






21. 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






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






23. Studied Type A personality






24. 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-






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






26. 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






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






28. Somatotypes personality theory






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






30. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






32. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






34. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






37. 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






38. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






39. Linked Type A personality to heart disease and other health problems






40. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






44. Critical of personality trait theory






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






46. Learned helplessness






47. 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






48. Cognitive prototype approach






49. 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)






50. Possessing both male and female qualities