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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Uses large numbers of people to study commonalities of personality






2. Possessing both male and female qualities






3. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






5. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






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






10. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






11. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






13. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






14. 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






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






17. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






18. 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)






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






20. Hierarchy of needs






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






26. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






27. 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-






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






29. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






32. Studied Type A personality






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






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






35. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






36. 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






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






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






39. Learned helplessness






40. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






41. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






42. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






43. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






44. 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






45. Have a great need for arousal






46. Somatotypes personality theory






47. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






50. 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