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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






2. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






5. 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)






6. Cognitive prototype approach






7. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






9. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






10. Studied Type A personality






11. Hierarchy of needs






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






13. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






14. 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






15. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






17. 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






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






19. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






20. 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






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






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






23. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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


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






31. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






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






34. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






35. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






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






39. 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)






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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-






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






44. Critical of personality trait theory






45. Learned helplessness






46. Have a great need for arousal






47. External and internal locus of control






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






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






50. Only circumstances determine behavior