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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






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






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






6. 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-






7. External and internal locus of control






8. 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)






9. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






10. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






12. 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






13. Personality changes little after age 30






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






15. 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)






16. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






17. Somatotypes personality theory






18. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






20. 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






21. Hierarchy of needs






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






26. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






27. 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






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






29. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






30. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






34. Studied Type A personality






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






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






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






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






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






40. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






42. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






45. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






47. Have a great need for arousal






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






49. 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)






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