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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






3. 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)






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






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






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






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






8. Only circumstances determine behavior






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






11. 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-






12. 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






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






14. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






15. 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






16. Critical of personality trait theory






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






18. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






19. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






20. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






22. 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






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






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. External and internal locus of control






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


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






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






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






30. 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






31. Possessing both male and female qualities






32. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






34. Cognitive prototype approach






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






36. 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)






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






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






39. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






40. 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






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






42. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






43. Somatotypes personality theory






44. 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






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






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






47. Studied Type A personality






48. 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






49. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






50. Belief that one can effectively perform a task