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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Possessing both male and female qualities






2. 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-






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






4. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






6. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






7. 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)






8. 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






9. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






11. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






14. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






16. 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






17. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






19. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






20. Somatotypes personality theory






21. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Cognitive prototype approach






30. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






34. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






35. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






36. 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






37. Studied Type A personality






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






39. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






40. 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)






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. Learned helplessness






48. Critical of personality trait theory






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






50. Personality changes little after age 30