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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Only circumstances determine behavior






2. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






5. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






6. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






7. 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






8. Learned helplessness






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Critical of personality trait theory






16. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






17. 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






18. 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






19. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






21. 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)






22. 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-






23. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






25. 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)






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






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






28. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






29. Cognitive prototype approach






30. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






33. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






34. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






37. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






38. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






41. Personality changes little after age 30






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






43. External and internal locus of control






44. 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






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






46. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






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






49. 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-






50. Somatotypes personality theory