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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Characterized by drive - competitiveness - aggressiveness - tension - hostility; found - most common in middle to upper class men






2. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






4. Have a great need for arousal






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






6. Cognitive prototype approach






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






8. Hierarchy of needs






9. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






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






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






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






15. Studied Type A personality






16. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






17. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






18. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






19. 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






20. 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






21. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






22. 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)






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






24. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






25. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






26. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






28. 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)






29. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






30. Personality changes little after age 30






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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


38. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






39. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






40. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






41. 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-






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Somatotypes personality theory






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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