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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem






2. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






3. 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)






4. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






5. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






6. Studied Type A personality






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






8. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






9. Critical of personality trait theory






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






11. Personality changes little after age 30






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


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






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






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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. Uses large numbers of people to study commonalities of personality






18. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Learned helplessness






28. Only circumstances determine behavior






29. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






30. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






36. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






38. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






40. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






43. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






49. 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






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