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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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-






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






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


4. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






10. 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






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






12. Critical of personality trait theory






13. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






15. External and internal locus of control






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






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






18. 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






19. 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-






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Have a great need for arousal






26. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






27. Personality changes little after age 30






28. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






30. 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)






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






32. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






33. 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






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






35. Somatotypes personality theory






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






37. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






38. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






39. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






43. 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






44. Studied Type A personality






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






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






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






48. Hierarchy of needs






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






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