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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Only circumstances determine behavior






2. 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)






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






4. Possessing both male and female qualities






5. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






6. 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






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






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






9. Personality changes little after age 30






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






14. 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)






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






16. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






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






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






21. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






23. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






25. Learned helplessness






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






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






28. 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-






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






34. Cognitive prototype approach






35. 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)






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






37. Critical of personality trait theory






38. Have a great need for arousal






39. 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-






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






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


42. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






45. 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






46. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






47. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






49. External and internal locus of control






50. 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