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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem






2. Hierarchy of needs






3. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






4. 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






5. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






6. 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






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






8. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






9. Critical of personality trait theory






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






12. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






13. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






15. 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)






16. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Personality changes little after age 30






24. Somatotypes personality theory






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. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






27. Have a great need for arousal






28. 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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






30. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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


32. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






33. 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






34. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






35. Studied Type A personality






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. External and internal locus of control






38. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






41. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






43. 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-






44. 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-






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






46. 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)






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






48. 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






49. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






50. 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