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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






2. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






6. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






9. Hierarchy of needs






10. 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)






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






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






13. Personality changes little after age 30






14. Studied Type A personality






15. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






18. Critical of personality trait theory






19. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






21. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






22. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Only circumstances determine behavior






28. 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






29. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






30. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






33. 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)






34. External and internal locus of control






35. 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






36. 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






37. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






39. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






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






43. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






44. 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






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






46. Have a great need for arousal






47. Cognitive prototype approach






48. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






49. 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






50. 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