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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






4. Personality changes little after age 30






5. Possessing both male and female qualities






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






13. 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






14. Only circumstances determine behavior






15. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






16. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






17. 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






18. 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






19. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






20. Cognitive prototype approach






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


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






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






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






25. 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-






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






33. 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)






34. Studied Type A personality






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






36. 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






37. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






39. Have a great need for arousal






40. 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-






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






42. 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






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






44. Somatotypes personality theory






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






46. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






47. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






48. Hierarchy of needs






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






50. 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