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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem






2. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






12. 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)






13. 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)






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






15. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






16. Only circumstances determine behavior






17. 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






18. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






22. 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)






23. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






24. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






25. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






26. External and internal locus of control






27. 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






28. Have a great need for arousal






29. Learned helplessness






30. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






31. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






33. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






34. Studied Type A personality






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






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






37. Cognitive prototype approach






38. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






39. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






42. 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






43. Somatotypes personality theory






44. 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






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


46. 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






47. 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-






48. 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-






49. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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