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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






2. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






5. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






6. 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-






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Studied Type A personality






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






14. Personality changes little after age 30






15. External and internal locus of control






16. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed






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






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






21. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






24. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






26. 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






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. Hierarchy of needs






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






30. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






36. Cognitive prototype approach






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






38. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






41. 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






42. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






43. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






44. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






45. 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






46. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






47. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






48. 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






49. Possessing both male and female qualities






50. 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