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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






3. 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)






4. Learned helplessness






5. 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






6. Studied Type A personality






7. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






8. 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






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






10. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






11. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






12. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






14. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






17. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






18. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






19. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






20. 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






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






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






23. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






26. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






27. 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






28. Cognitive prototype approach






29. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






31. 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-






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






33. 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-






34. 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






35. 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






36. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






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






40. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






41. 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






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






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






44. 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)






45. Hierarchy of needs






46. 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)






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






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






49. 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






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