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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. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






5. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






6. 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)






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


8. Personality changes little after age 30






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






10. 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-






11. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






13. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






23. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






24. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






28. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






30. Hierarchy of needs






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. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






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






34. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






35. 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






36. Have a great need for arousal






37. Somatotypes personality theory






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






39. 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)






40. 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






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






42. 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-






43. Studied Type A personality






44. 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






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






46. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






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






50. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive