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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






3. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






4. 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






5. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






7. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






8. Hierarchy of needs






9. Learned helplessness






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






11. 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-






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






17. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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. 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)






20. Somatotypes personality theory






21. Studied Type A personality






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






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. Have a great need for arousal






25. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






27. Cognitive prototype approach






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






29. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






30. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






31. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






35. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






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






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






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






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






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






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






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






47. External and internal locus of control






48. 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






49. 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






50. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive