GRE PSYCHOLOGY-
MEASUREMENT AND
METHODOLOGY STUDY
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRAED A+ 2025-2026
psychological tests - ANS-assessments of behavior, attitudes, mental constructs,
personality, and mental health
intelligence - ANS-mental construct that cannot be specifically defined; not IQ
Alfred Binet - ANS-developed both the concept of the IQ and the first intelligence test
(Binet scale)
IQ equation - ANS-mental age/chronological age x 100
mean IQ of Americans - ANS-100
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - ANS-revised version of Alfred Binet's original
intelligence test (first revised by Lewis Terman of Stanford)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ANS-most commonly used intelligence test
for adults
, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) - ANS-for children aged six to sixteen
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) - ANS-for children aged
four to six
Goodenough Draw-A-Man test - ANS-notable for its cross-cultural application and
simple directions: "Make a picture of a man. Make the very best picture that you can."
John Horn & Raymond Cattell - ANS-found that fluid intelligence (knowing how to do
something) declines with old age while crystallized intelligence (knowing a fact) does
not
Robert Zajonc - ANS-studied the relationship between birth order and intelligence
Charles Spearmen - ANS-believed there was a general factor in human intelligence,
which he termed "g"
achievement tests - ANS-measure how well you know a particular subject
aptitude tests - ANS-supposedly measure your innate ability to learn
objective tests - ANS-do not allow subjects to make up their own answers, so these
tests are relatively structured
structured tests - ANS-often seen as more objectively scored than projective tests
Q-sort/Q-measure - ANS-process of sorting cards into a normal distribution
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ANS-originally created to
determine mental illness, but it is now used as a personality measure
validity scales - ANS-questions that assess lying, carelessness, and faking
MEASUREMENT AND
METHODOLOGY STUDY
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRAED A+ 2025-2026
psychological tests - ANS-assessments of behavior, attitudes, mental constructs,
personality, and mental health
intelligence - ANS-mental construct that cannot be specifically defined; not IQ
Alfred Binet - ANS-developed both the concept of the IQ and the first intelligence test
(Binet scale)
IQ equation - ANS-mental age/chronological age x 100
mean IQ of Americans - ANS-100
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - ANS-revised version of Alfred Binet's original
intelligence test (first revised by Lewis Terman of Stanford)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) - ANS-most commonly used intelligence test
for adults
, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) - ANS-for children aged six to sixteen
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) - ANS-for children aged
four to six
Goodenough Draw-A-Man test - ANS-notable for its cross-cultural application and
simple directions: "Make a picture of a man. Make the very best picture that you can."
John Horn & Raymond Cattell - ANS-found that fluid intelligence (knowing how to do
something) declines with old age while crystallized intelligence (knowing a fact) does
not
Robert Zajonc - ANS-studied the relationship between birth order and intelligence
Charles Spearmen - ANS-believed there was a general factor in human intelligence,
which he termed "g"
achievement tests - ANS-measure how well you know a particular subject
aptitude tests - ANS-supposedly measure your innate ability to learn
objective tests - ANS-do not allow subjects to make up their own answers, so these
tests are relatively structured
structured tests - ANS-often seen as more objectively scored than projective tests
Q-sort/Q-measure - ANS-process of sorting cards into a normal distribution
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - ANS-originally created to
determine mental illness, but it is now used as a personality measure
validity scales - ANS-questions that assess lying, carelessness, and faking
