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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






2. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






5. 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)






6. Uses large numbers of people to study commonalities of personality






7. Possessing both male and female qualities






8. Learned helplessness






9. Studied Type A personality






10. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






11. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






13. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






15. 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






16. Critical of personality trait theory






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






18. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






21. 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-






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






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






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






25. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






26. 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






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






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






29. External and internal locus of control






30. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






31. 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






32. Somatotypes personality theory






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






39. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






42. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






43. 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






44. Hierarchy of needs






45. Personality changes little after age 30






46. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






50. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality