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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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1. Possessing both male and female qualities






2. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






3. Tendency to agree with and accept provided personality interpretations






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






5. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






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






8. 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






9. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






10. 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






11. 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






12. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






13. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






14. Learned helplessness






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






16. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






18. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






19. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






21. Have a great need for arousal






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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)






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






28. 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)






29. Cognitive prototype approach






30. Hierarchy of needs






31. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






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






33. 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






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






35. 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-






36. Personality changes little after age 30






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






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






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






40. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






41. Somatotypes personality theory






42. Critical of personality trait theory






43. 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






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






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






46. External and internal locus of control






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






48. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






49. 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






50. Belief that one can effectively perform a task