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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Possibility that a person may behave inconsistently - presents problems for labelling people as one internal disposition






2. 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






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






4. External and internal locus of control






5. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






7. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






8. At the top a cardinal trait (always consistent) - then central traits - then secondary traits (may conflict)






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






15. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






16. 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






17. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






18. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






19. Only circumstances determine behavior






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






21. Critical of personality trait theory






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






23. Studied Type A personality






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






29. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






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






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






32. Have a great need for arousal






33. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






34. Cognitive prototype approach






35. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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. 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






38. Learned helplessness






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






40. 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-






41. 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






42. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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






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






45. Somatotypes personality theory






46. 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)






47. 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






48. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






49. Personality changes little after age 30






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