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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






2. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






3. 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






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






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






6. Cognitive prototype approach






7. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






8. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






9. Personality changes little after age 30






10. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






12. 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






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






14. Possessing both male and female qualities






15. Learned helplessness






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






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






24. 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)






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






26. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






27. External and internal locus of control






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






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






30. Studied Type A personality






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






35. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






36. 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-






37. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






38. 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






39. 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






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. Critical of personality trait theory






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






43. 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-






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


45. 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)






46. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






48. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






49. Somatotypes personality theory






50. Have a great need for arousal






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