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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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-






2. Critical of personality trait theory






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






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






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






6. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






9. 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-






10. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






11. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






17. Somatotypes personality theory






18. 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)






19. 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






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






21. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






22. 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






23. Cognitive prototype approach






24. 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






25. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






27. 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






28. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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


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






37. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






40. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






42. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






43. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






44. Possessing both male and female qualities






45. 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)






46. External and internal locus of control






47. Learned helplessness






48. 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






49. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






50. Personality changes little after age 30