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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






2. 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)






3. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






6. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






7. Learned helplessness






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






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






12. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






20. 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)






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






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






23. External and internal locus of control






24. Have a great need for arousal






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






26. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Critical of personality trait theory






32. 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-






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






34. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






35. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






36. 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






37. 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






38. Hierarchy of needs






39. Somatotypes personality theory






40. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






41. 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-






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






43. 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






44. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






45. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






47. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






49. 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






50. Studied Type A personality