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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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. Ambiguous story cards - people project own 'needs'






7. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






8. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






11. 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






12. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






14. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






15. 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-






16. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






19. 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)






20. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






22. Learned helplessness






23. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






25. Somatotypes personality theory






26. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






28. Critical of personality trait theory






29. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






30. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






32. Personality changes little after age 30






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






34. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






37. Have a great need for arousal






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


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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






46. Studied Type A personality






47. 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






48. 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






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






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