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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. People often make assumptions about the dispositions of an individual based on the actions of that person






2. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






3. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






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






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






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






11. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






12. Studied Type A personality






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


14. Have a great need for arousal






15. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






18. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






32. Critical of personality trait theory






33. 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)






34. 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






35. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Hierarchy of needs






43. 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






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






45. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






46. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






47. 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)






48. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






49. 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






50. Personality changes little after age 30