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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






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






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






4. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






5. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






6. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






8. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






10. Personality changes little after age 30






11. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






14. 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)






15. 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






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






17. 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)






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






19. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






20. Learned helplessness






21. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






24. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






26. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






30. 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






31. External and internal locus of control






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






36. Possessing both male and female qualities






37. 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






38. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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. Hierarchy of needs






42. Only circumstances determine behavior






43. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






44. Critical of personality trait theory






45. Have a great need for arousal






46. 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)






47. 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






48. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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