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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. In the forefront -a combination of stable - internal factors and situations






2. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






6. 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)






7. Critical of personality trait theory






8. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






9. 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)






10. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






19. Studied Type A personality






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






21. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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


23. Hierarchy of needs






24. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






26. 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






27. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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-






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






41. 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






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






43. External and internal locus of control






44. 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-






45. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






47. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






49. Somatotypes personality theory






50. 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