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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)






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






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






4. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






5. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






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






9. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






10. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






11. 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-






12. 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






13. 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)






14. Studied Type A personality






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






16. 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






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






18. Have a great need for arousal






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






24. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






25. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






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






29. Emphasized idiographic approach to personality theory - as opposed to nomothetic; conscious motives governed by proprium or propriate function; lexical approach (5000 possible traits) - determined trait hierarchy of cardinal - central - secondary tra






30. 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






31. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






32. Somatotypes personality theory






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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. Cognitive prototype approach






41. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






42. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






43. 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






44. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






46. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






49. 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






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