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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Believing you are better than you are or look better than you do; unrealistic self-esteem






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. External and internal locus of control






12. Learned helplessness






13. 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






14. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Critical of personality trait theory






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






27. 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-






28. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






29. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






30. 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






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






32. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






35. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






38. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






39. 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






40. Somatotypes personality theory






41. Studied Type A personality






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






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






44. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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


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






47. 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






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






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






50. Belief that one can effectively perform a task