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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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-






2. 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






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






4. Somatotypes personality theory






5. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






6. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






7. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






9. Learned helplessness






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






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






12. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






13. 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






14. 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






15. Hierarchy of needs






16. 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)






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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)






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






31. 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)






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






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






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






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






36. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






39. Have a great need for arousal






40. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






42. Critical of personality trait theory






43. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






44. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






47. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






50. Studied Type A personality