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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. A state; temporary condition of being aware of how you are thinking - feeling or doing






2. 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






3. Have a great need for arousal






4. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






5. 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






6. 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






7. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






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






11. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






13. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






15. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






16. 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-






17. Learned helplessness






18. Possessing both male and female qualities






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. External and internal locus of control






25. 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






26. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






29. 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)






30. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






33. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






35. 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)






36. Cognitive prototype approach






37. 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)






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






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






40. 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






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






43. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






44. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






45. Critical of personality trait theory






46. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






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