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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






4. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Learned helplessness






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






12. Somatotypes personality theory






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






14. Hierarchy of needs






15. Possessing both male and female qualities






16. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






18. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






19. 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






20. Studied Type A personality






21. 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)






22. 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)






23. Personality changes little after age 30






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






25. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






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






30. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






32. 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






33. External and internal locus of control






34. 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






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






36. 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-






37. 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






38. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






39. Cognitive prototype approach






40. 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)






41. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






44. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






46. 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-






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






48. Have a great need for arousal






49. Critical of personality trait theory






50. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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