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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. 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)






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






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






4. Critical of personality trait theory






5. Have a great need for arousal






6. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






7. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






8. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






9. Hierarchy of needs






10. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






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






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


14. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






16. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






18. 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-






19. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






21. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






22. 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






23. Personality changes little after age 30






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






25. External and internal locus of control






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






27. 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






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






29. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






30. Somatotypes personality theory






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






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






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






34. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






35. 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






36. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






37. Only circumstances determine behavior






38. 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






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






41. 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-






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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)






49. Possessing both male and female qualities






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