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GRE Psychology: Personality

Subjects : gre, psychology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






2. 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-






3. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






4. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






5. Possessing both male and female qualities






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






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






8. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






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






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






11. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






12. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






14. Studied Type A personality






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






25. 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






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






27. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






28. 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






29. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






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






31. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






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






33. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






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






35. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






36. Learned helplessness






37. Critical of personality trait theory






38. Focuses on individual'S unique self and experiences






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






40. Used factor analysis in data reduction of Allport'S 5000 traits; identified 16 bipolar source traits (e.g. relaxed-tense) that seemed to underlie all; 16 personality factors tested in personality questionnaire






41. 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)






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






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






44. 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






45. 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-






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






47. Cognitive prototype approach






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






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






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