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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






2. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






4. 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-






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






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






7. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






16. Have a great need for arousal






17. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






18. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






19. Somatotypes personality theory






20. Learned helplessness






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






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






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






24. 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)






25. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






26. 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






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






28. Personality changes little after age 30






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Hierarchy of needs






34. Only circumstances determine behavior






35. 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






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






37. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






38. 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






39. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






40. 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






41. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






42. Cognitive prototype approach






43. Studied Type A personality






44. Critical of personality trait theory






45. 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






46. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






49. 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)






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