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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. People often make assumptions about the dispositions of an individual based on the actions of that person






2. Personality changes little after age 30






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






4. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






5. Somatotypes personality theory






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






7. 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)






8. 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






9. Hierarchy of needs






10. 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






11. 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-






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






13. Possessing both male and female qualities






14. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






18. 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-






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






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






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






22. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






23. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






25. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






27. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






33. 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






34. Have a great need for arousal






35. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






36. 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






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






38. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






41. 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)






42. Learned helplessness






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






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


45. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






46. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






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. 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