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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Self-defeating behaviour that allows one to dismiss or excuse failure






2. 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)






3. Only circumstances determine behavior






4. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






7. 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)






8. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






9. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






10. Somatotypes personality theory






11. 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






12. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






13. 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






14. 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)






15. 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






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






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






18. Hierarchy of needs






19. Studied Type A personality






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






21. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Cognitive prototype approach






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






29. 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






30. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






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






34. 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-






35. Have a great need for arousal






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






37. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






39. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






41. 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






42. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






43. 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






44. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






46. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






47. 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






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






49. Personality changes little after age 30






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