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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Sheldon; personality based on body types - three physiques and corresponding personality types: endomorph - mesomorph - ectomorph


2. Studied Type A personality






3. External and internal locus of control






4. 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)






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






6. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






8. Cognitive prototype approach






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






10. Have a great need for arousal






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






12. 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-






13. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






14. 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






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






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






17. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






18. 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






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






20. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






22. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






24. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






25. Learned helplessness






26. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






28. Hierarchy of needs






29. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






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






33. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






34. 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






35. 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-






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






37. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






38. 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






39. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






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






43. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






44. 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






45. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






47. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






50. 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