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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. The study of why people act the way that they do and why different people act differently






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






3. 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-






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






5. Personality changes little after age 30






6. 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)






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






8. 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






9. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






10. 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






11. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






13. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






14. 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-






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






16. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






17. Learned helplessness






18. 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






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






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






21. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






23. Only circumstances determine behavior






24. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






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






27. Somatotypes personality theory






28. Have a great need for arousal






29. 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






30. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






32. 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






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






34. Critical of personality trait theory






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






36. 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)






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






38. 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






39. 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






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


41. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






42. Possessing both male and female qualities






43. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






45. Studied Type A personality






46. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






47. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






48. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






49. 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)






50. 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