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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






2. Possessing both male and female qualities






3. 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)






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






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






6. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






8. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






9. 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






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






11. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Hierarchy of needs






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






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






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. Have a great need for arousal






23. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






24. 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






25. 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






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. 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






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






29. Studied Type A personality






30. Only circumstances determine behavior






31. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






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






34. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






35. Critical of personality trait theory






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






38. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






41. Cognitive prototype approach






42. Learned helplessness






43. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






46. 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-






47. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






48. 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)






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






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