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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






2. 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






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






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






5. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






6. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






8. 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-






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






10. 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






11. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






12. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






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


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






18. Hierarchy of needs






19. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






20. 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






21. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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)






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






30. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






31. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






32. 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-






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






34. 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






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






36. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






37. 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






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






39. 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)






40. External and internal locus of control






41. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






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






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






46. Personality changes little after age 30






47. Somatotypes personality theory






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






49. Cognitive prototype approach






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