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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Ambiguous story cards - people project own 'needs'






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






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


5. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






6. 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-






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






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






9. Somatotypes personality theory






10. Critical of personality trait theory






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






12. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






13. Personality changes little after age 30






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






15. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






16. 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






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






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






19. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






20. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






22. 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






23. 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-






24. 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






25. Learned helplessness






26. External and internal locus of control






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






31. 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)






32. Only circumstances determine behavior






33. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






34. Have a great need for arousal






35. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






37. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






39. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






42. Cognitive prototype approach






43. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. Studied Type A personality