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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






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






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






4. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






6. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






7. 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)






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Hierarchy of needs






16. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






23. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






24. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






25. 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)






26. 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






27. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






30. Studied Type A personality






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


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






33. Learned helplessness






34. 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






35. Have a great need for arousal






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






37. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






38. 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-






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






40. 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)






41. 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






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






43. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






45. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






49. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






50. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual