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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Scrutiny of own behaviour - motivation to act appropriately rather than honestly - ability to mask true feelings






2. Possessing both male and female qualities






3. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






4. Personality changes little after age 30






5. 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






6. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






7. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






9. 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-






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






11. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






13. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Studied Type A personality






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






26. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






27. Only circumstances determine behavior






28. 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-






29. Have a great need for arousal






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






31. Somatotypes personality theory






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






33. External and internal locus of control






34. 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)






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






36. Critical of personality trait theory






37. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






38. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






47. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






50. 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)