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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






3. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. Somatotypes personality theory






9. 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






10. 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






11. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






13. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






15. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






16. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






19. 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-






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






21. 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






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. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






26. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






27. 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






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






29. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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






33. 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)






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


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






36. Critical of personality trait theory






37. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






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






41. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






43. 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)






44. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






45. Have a great need for arousal






46. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






47. Only circumstances determine behavior






48. 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






49. Hierarchy of needs






50. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists