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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Cognitive prototype approach






2. Only circumstances determine behavior






3. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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


5. 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






6. Personality changes little after age 30






7. Somatotypes personality theory






8. Have a great need for arousal






9. 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






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






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






12. 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-






13. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






14. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






16. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






19. 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-






20. Hierarchy of needs






21. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






22. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






24. 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






25. 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)






26. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






27. 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






28. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






29. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






30. Critical of personality trait theory






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






32. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






43. 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)






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






45. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences