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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






2. 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






3. Cognitive prototype approach






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






5. Personality changes little after age 30






6. 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






7. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






8. 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






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






10. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






13. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






14. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






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






18. Learned helplessness






19. 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-






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






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






22. Hierarchy of needs






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Sheldon; personality based on body types - three physiques and corresponding personality types: endomorph - mesomorph - ectomorph


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






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






30. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






32. 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






33. 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)






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






38. Critical of personality trait theory






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






40. Somatotypes personality theory






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. Only circumstances determine behavior






45. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






46. 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






47. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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