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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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)






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






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






4. Have a great need for arousal






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. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






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






9. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






10. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






12. Somatotypes personality theory






13. Learned helplessness






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






18. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






19. 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)






20. 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






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






22. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






23. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






25. Cognitive prototype approach






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






27. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






28. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






29. 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-






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






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






32. External and internal locus of control






33. Possessing both male and female qualities






34. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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


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






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






38. Hierarchy of needs






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






40. 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-






41. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






42. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






43. Personality changes little after age 30






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






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