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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






2. 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






3. Have a great need for arousal






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






5. 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)






6. 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-






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






8. Cognitive prototype approach






9. Personality changes little after age 30






10. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






11. External and internal locus of control






12. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






15. 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-






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






17. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






24. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






25. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)






26. 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






27. Learned helplessness






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


29. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






30. 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)






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






32. 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






33. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






35. 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






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






37. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






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






41. Only circumstances determine behavior






42. Hierarchy of needs






43. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






46. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






47. Studied Type A personality






48. Somatotypes personality theory






49. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






50. Cognitive training against learned helplessness