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GRE Psychology: Personality

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. External and internal locus of control






7. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






11. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






13. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






14. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






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






19. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






20. Learned helplessness






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






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






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






24. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






26. Studied Type A personality






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






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






29. 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






30. Cognitive prototype approach






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






32. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






33. Personality changes little after age 30






34. 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






35. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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


37. Somatotypes personality theory






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






39. 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-






40. 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)






41. Possessing both male and female qualities






42. 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)






43. 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






44. 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






45. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






46. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






47. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






48. 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






49. 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






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