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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






4. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






6. Learned helplessness






7. 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)






8. 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






9. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






13. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






17. 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)






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






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


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






21. External and internal locus of control






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






23. Studied Type A personality






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






25. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






26. Cognitive prototype approach






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






28. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






29. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






30. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






32. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






33. 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






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. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






37. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






40. 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






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






45. 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






46. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






47. 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






48. Possessing both male and female qualities






49. 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






50. Have a great need for arousal