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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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)






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






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






4. External and internal locus of control






5. 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






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






7. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






9. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






11. 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






12. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






14. Personality changes little after age 30






15. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






16. Only circumstances determine behavior






17. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






22. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






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






26. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






27. 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






28. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






29. 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






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


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






32. 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






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






34. Have a great need for arousal






35. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






36. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






37. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






38. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






41. Learned helplessness






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






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






44. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






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






49. 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)






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