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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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)






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Hierarchy of needs






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






7. Somatotypes personality theory






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






9. Studied Type A personality






10. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






11. 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






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






13. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. 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-






17. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






19. External and internal locus of control






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






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






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






23. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






24. 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)






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. Only circumstances determine behavior






30. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






31. 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)






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






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






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. Allport; his version of the ego - believed it acted relatively consistently based on traits developed through experience






36. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






37. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






39. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






40. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






41. Critical of personality trait theory






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






43. 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-






44. 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






45. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






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






49. 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






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