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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Originally dominated personality theory (Hippocrates) - many placed into type categories based on physical appearance; including using phrenology and somatotypes






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






3. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






4. Cognitive prototype approach






5. Somatotypes personality theory






6. 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)






7. 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)






8. Hierarchy of needs






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






10. 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






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






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


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






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






15. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






18. 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






19. 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-






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






21. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






23. 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






24. Possessing both male and female qualities






25. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






26. Studied Type A personality






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






28. Critical of personality trait theory






29. 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






30. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






31. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






33. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






34. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






35. 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-






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






37. 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






38. Have a great need for arousal






39. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






41. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






48. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






49. Learned helplessness






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