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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Have a great need for arousal






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






3. 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






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






5. 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)






6. 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






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






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






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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)






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






16. Cognitive prototype approach






17. 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






18. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






19. Critical of personality trait theory






20. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






21. Learned helplessness






22. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






25. External and internal locus of control






26. 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-






27. 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)






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






36. Personality changes little after age 30






37. Studied Type A personality






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






39. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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


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






44. 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






45. 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-






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






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






48. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






49. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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