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GRE psychology Exam Questions
with Correct Verified Answers
Latest Update (2024/2025)
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1. Which of the following was the first to systematically and
empirically study memory by developing an innovative
approach based on consonant-vowel-consonant combinations? -
ANS ✓Hermann Ebbinghaus


2. Which of the following learning theorists first demonstrated
that a neutral stimulus could acquire the ability to evoke a
response originally attributed to another stimulus? - ANS ✓Ivan
Pavlov


3. Which memory store is believed to have the largest capacity? -
ANS ✓L-T store


4. The use of polite words such as "please" and "thank you" in
everyday speech is called ______? - ANS ✓pragmatics


5. Which of the following factors would best explain why
monozygotic twins, raised together, nevertheless develop
different personalities? - ANS ✓non-shared environments




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6. Which of the following visual experiences most attracts a
newborn's gaze? - ANS ✓black-and-white pattern


7. Edmundo got into an argument with the grocery clerk. When he
retuned to his car after shopping, he discovered that he received
a parking ticket. Edmindo furiously crumpled up the ticket and
threw it on the ground. When his friend Terri told him to calm
down, he screamed at there to mind her own business. Which of
the following theories best accounts for Edmundo's behaviour? -
ANS ✓Excitatory transfer


8. Cleotha finds out that her roommate Leontyne is better pool
player than she is. However, Cleotha reminds herself that she
can play poker better than Leontyne. Cleotha is engaging in
which of the following? - ANS ✓Self-affirmation


9. According to the theory of cognitive development proposed by
Lev Vygotsky, children learn best by working _____? - ANS ✓with
adults and advanced peers


10. According to Jean Piaget, young infants are in which stage
of development? - ANS ✓sensorimotor


11. Which of the following predictions is the best example of
context-dependent memory? - ANS ✓Information is better recalled
when learning and testing occur in the same room


12. Fred was keenly interested in a new science fiction film
and therefore was surprised when he arrived at the theatre on
opening night and found only a few people there. Fred's




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mistaken judgment of the popularity of the film illustrates _____?
- ANS ✓the false consensus effect


13. According to the evolutionary principle of kin selection,
people are more likely to help someone who ______? - ANS
✓shares their genes


14. Manic episodes are a defining feature of which of the
following disorders? - ANS ✓bipolar


15. Newlyweds Layla and Keith both have normal color vision,
but Layla carries a recessive gene for color deficiency. Which of
the following best describes the probabilities of color deficiency
in their children? - ANS ✓Half of their sons will be Color-deficient,
but none of their daughters will


16. An individual suffering from damage to Wernicke's area
would most likely exhibit which of the following behaviours? -
ANS ✓impaired comprehension of language


17. Young children from rudimentary sentences that resemble
telegrams even though they have never heard anyone make
such utterances before. This is evidence for _____? - ANS ✓a
universal grammar


18. A fixed action pattern is defined as a response to a _____? -
ANS ✓sign stimulus


19. Based on research by Mary Ainsworth, which of the
following best describes how an infant who has formed a secure
maternal attachment would be expected to respond to the

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mother's leaving and/or returning? - ANS ✓upon the mother's
return, the infant will be pleased to see her and will go to her to be
held


20. Damaging the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the
hypothalamus in rats will _____? - ANS ✓interfere with the
biological clock that is synchronized with light


21. Which of the following increases the power of statistical
test? - ANS ✓changing from a two-tailed to a one-tailed test


22. Aunt Sybil paid her first visit to her niece Angela when the
baby was 3 months old. Aunt Sybil enjoyed holding and playing
with the baby. Aunt Sybil visited again when Angela was 9
months old. She was dismayed when the little girl took at her
and burst into tears. Angela was exhibiting a normal emotional
reaction called _____? - ANS ✓stranger anxiety


23. Which of the following therapeutic techniques can be
explained by classical conditioning principles? - ANS
✓Systematic desensitization and flooding


24. Joe's therapist frequently exhibits genuineness and
empathy toward Joe. These elements are defining features of
which of the following therapeutic approaches? - ANS ✓client-
centered


25. According to evolutionary psychologists, which of the
following is the primary reason that men tend to prefer as mates
younger and more attractive women? - ANS ✓these characteristics
signal good health and ability to bear children


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