GRE psych Test (1)QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The ability of a postsynaptic neuron to respond to the presence of a particular
neurotransmitter that is released from a neighboring presynaptic neuron is
dependent on which of the following conditions? - ANSWERThe presence of
receptors on the post synaptic neuron that have an affinity for that particular
neurotransmitter
Critics have argued that projective tests are too - ANSWERSubjective
Organizing the string of letters B-F-J-T-A-V-K-C into JFK-TV-CAB is an example of -
ANSWERChunking
When persuasive communications follow the peripheral route, they focus on which of
the following? - ANSWEREmotions
Consider the sentence "the dishwasher is running", which of the following is true? -
ANSWERIt can have more than one deep structure
According to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fifth edition -
children with separation anxiety disorder often experience which of the following
symptoms in addition to excessive fear or anxiety over separation from attachment
figures - ANSWERExcessive concern about the safety and well-being of attachment
figures.
Patients with bilateral damage to the hippocampal formation are tested on motor
learning tasks such as the tower of hanoi. Studies show that the patients improve
their performance with repeated exposures. When asked whether they have ever
seen the task, even after numerous test sessions with it, they typically report not
having seen it before. Such results have led to which of the following conclusions? -
ANSWERAlthough procedural memory may not rely on normal hippocampal
functioning, declarative memory does
Which of the following is chemically similar to opiates, has the ability to reduce pain,
and is blocked by the action of naloxone? - ANSWERendorphins
When stress is prolonged, the most likely result is - ANSWERgeneralized weakening
of the immune system
the bradykinesia, cogwheel ridigity, and tremors that characterize parkinson's
disease are a result of the degeneration of dopaminergic cells in the -
ANSWERsubstantia nigra
Which of the following best characterizes an infant's object concept at six months of
age - ANSWERthe infant understands objects to be solid bounded entities that take
up space and move on continuous paths
,A 40-item vocabulary test was administered to a group of students. A second, similar
test of vocabulary terms was administered to this same group of students
approximately one week later. The researcher reported that the correlation between
these two tests was that r=.90. What type of reliability is represented in this
example? - ANSWERAlternate forms
Which of the following describes the pattern of findings displayed in the graph? (See
page 11) - ANSWERMen who heard jazz piece and women who heart the operatic
piece scored higher on the mood inventory than those in the two other groups
The researcher concludes from her study that the jazz music positively changes
men's moods and operatic music positively changes womens moods. Which of the
following invalidates that conclusion? - ANSWERmens and womens moods were not
measured before exposures to the two types of music.
Which of the following is the most serious problem with the methodology of this
research? - ANSWERThe singers were not the same gender
The preference for a loosely knit social framework in which individuals are
responsible only for the care of their children and themselves is known as? -
ANSWERindividualism
Over many trials a puff of air aimed at JoAnne's eye is paired with a loud noise and a
subtle smell. Afterward, it is very likely that JoAnne's conditioned eye blink will be
under the control of the loud noise and not the subtle smell. This phenomenon is an
example of - ANSWEROvershadowing
The idea that people cope with stress by moving toward people, away from people,
or against people is most consistent with the views of - ANSWERKaren Horney
Which of the following is the best example of the categorical perception of human
speech? - ANSWERWhen a sound is presented that is intermediate between the
phonemes /b/ and /p/, listeners report that they heard either a distinct /b/ or a
distinct /p/
Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess described three categories of infants: easy,
difficult, and slow to warm up. These are categories of: - ANSWERTemperament
Which of the following types of cognitive abilities is LEAST likely to show a decline in
late life? - ANSWERSemantic memory
Charles Scott Sherrington proposed that rapid stimulation of a specific synapse is
likely to produce a cumulative effect in the post synaptic cell because of: -
ANSWERtemporal summation
Which of the following is an atypical development pattern characterized by
stereotyped motor responses and poor communication skills - ANSWERautism
spectrum disorder
,The sharing of information about oneself is referred to as - ANSWERself-disclosure
Research on children's social behaviors shows that relative to young adolescent
boys, young adolescent girls exhibit more of which type of aggression? -
ANSWERRelational
"I runned to the car" is an example of - ANSWERoverregularization
The visual pathway that tells us what we are looking at is called the -
ANSWERVentral steam
Which theorist revised sigmund freud's stages of development, replacing freud's
psychosexual stages with psychosocial stages? - ANSWERErik Erikson
Using a pendulum apparatus, a participant attempts to derive the physical laws that
determine the rate at which a pendulum swings. The participant's approach to
solving this problem is to hold a relevant factor (x) constant, and to reverse this
procedure by holding Y constant and varying X. According to Jean Piaget, the
participant's level of cognitive functioning is most lieky - ANSWERFormal operational
A child has just developed the ability to lie with the intention of deceiving another
person. This new ability is probably based most directly on a change in the child's -
ANSWERknowledge about mental representations
The standard deviation of a sample of test scores is a measure of the -
ANSWERvariability of individual scores
Rapid eye movements are most closely associatied with which of the following -
ANSWERdreaming
An investigator interested in the development of children's attitudes toward the police
assessed and compared the attitudes of 250 eight year olds. She matched the three
groups with regard to the gender and socioeconomic background. The investigator's
research design is best characterized as which of the following? - ANSWERCross-
sectional
If a psychological disorder has a genetic basis, one would expect to find the highest
concordance rate for the illness between which of the following? - ANSWERidentical
twins
According to Sigmund Freud, a child who grabs food from another child because of
hunger is driven by the - ANSWERId
All of the following statements about psychodynamic theorists are correct except -
ANSWERcarl jung identified two components of the unconscious: the preconscious
and the formal unconscious
Juanita's classmates enjoy being with her because she is always sociable, easy-
going, and lively. On eysneck's basic personality dimensions, she would be classified
as - ANSWERextroverted stable
, Annette is looking for a psychotherapist whose clinical work is rooted in object
relations theory. The best match for Annette would be a therapist who emphasizes -
ANSWERearly life relationships
A client sleeps sixteen hours a day. According to the diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders. Fifth edition (DSM-5), the client most likely has which of
the following sleep disorders - ANSWERhypersomnolence
Kyle mixes his blue paint with Jamie's yellow paint. The resulting green color occurs
because - ANSWERthe blue and yellow absorb all the other wavelengths except
green
What pattern of results on the depression questionnaire would justify the conclusion
that sleeplessness leads to depression - ANSWERnormal sleep control < yoked
control= depressed
What pattern of results on the depression questionnaire would one expect if
depression were to arise for reasons other than sleeplessness - ANSWERnormal
sleep control= yoked control < depressed
Suppose that the results were consistent with the hypothesis that sleeplessness
does not lead to depression. Of the following, which would be the most serious
criticism of the study and its conclusion? - ANSWEROne week of sleep deprivation
may have been inadequate to produce depression
Which of the following predictions is reasonable based on badly and Hitch's theory of
working memory? - ANSWERif two tasks using the same component are done
concurrently, performance will be impaired on one or both
Which of the following was the first to systematically and empirically study memory -
ANSWERIf two tasks using the same component are done concurrently,
performance will be impaired on one or both
Which of the following was the first to systematically and empirically study memory
by developing an innovative approach based on consonant-vowel-consonant
combinations? - ANSWERHerman Ebbinghaus
Marc recently moved to an area that experienced a large number of tornadoes,
which frightened him greatly. Every time a storm containing high winds emerged, the
lights in his home flickered on a clear day, he because quite fearful and searched for
a safe place to hide. What is the conditioned stimulus? - ANSWERlights flickering
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? - ANSWERIvan Pavlov
Which memory store is believed to have the largest capacity? - ANSWERThe long
term store
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The ability of a postsynaptic neuron to respond to the presence of a particular
neurotransmitter that is released from a neighboring presynaptic neuron is
dependent on which of the following conditions? - ANSWERThe presence of
receptors on the post synaptic neuron that have an affinity for that particular
neurotransmitter
Critics have argued that projective tests are too - ANSWERSubjective
Organizing the string of letters B-F-J-T-A-V-K-C into JFK-TV-CAB is an example of -
ANSWERChunking
When persuasive communications follow the peripheral route, they focus on which of
the following? - ANSWEREmotions
Consider the sentence "the dishwasher is running", which of the following is true? -
ANSWERIt can have more than one deep structure
According to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fifth edition -
children with separation anxiety disorder often experience which of the following
symptoms in addition to excessive fear or anxiety over separation from attachment
figures - ANSWERExcessive concern about the safety and well-being of attachment
figures.
Patients with bilateral damage to the hippocampal formation are tested on motor
learning tasks such as the tower of hanoi. Studies show that the patients improve
their performance with repeated exposures. When asked whether they have ever
seen the task, even after numerous test sessions with it, they typically report not
having seen it before. Such results have led to which of the following conclusions? -
ANSWERAlthough procedural memory may not rely on normal hippocampal
functioning, declarative memory does
Which of the following is chemically similar to opiates, has the ability to reduce pain,
and is blocked by the action of naloxone? - ANSWERendorphins
When stress is prolonged, the most likely result is - ANSWERgeneralized weakening
of the immune system
the bradykinesia, cogwheel ridigity, and tremors that characterize parkinson's
disease are a result of the degeneration of dopaminergic cells in the -
ANSWERsubstantia nigra
Which of the following best characterizes an infant's object concept at six months of
age - ANSWERthe infant understands objects to be solid bounded entities that take
up space and move on continuous paths
,A 40-item vocabulary test was administered to a group of students. A second, similar
test of vocabulary terms was administered to this same group of students
approximately one week later. The researcher reported that the correlation between
these two tests was that r=.90. What type of reliability is represented in this
example? - ANSWERAlternate forms
Which of the following describes the pattern of findings displayed in the graph? (See
page 11) - ANSWERMen who heard jazz piece and women who heart the operatic
piece scored higher on the mood inventory than those in the two other groups
The researcher concludes from her study that the jazz music positively changes
men's moods and operatic music positively changes womens moods. Which of the
following invalidates that conclusion? - ANSWERmens and womens moods were not
measured before exposures to the two types of music.
Which of the following is the most serious problem with the methodology of this
research? - ANSWERThe singers were not the same gender
The preference for a loosely knit social framework in which individuals are
responsible only for the care of their children and themselves is known as? -
ANSWERindividualism
Over many trials a puff of air aimed at JoAnne's eye is paired with a loud noise and a
subtle smell. Afterward, it is very likely that JoAnne's conditioned eye blink will be
under the control of the loud noise and not the subtle smell. This phenomenon is an
example of - ANSWEROvershadowing
The idea that people cope with stress by moving toward people, away from people,
or against people is most consistent with the views of - ANSWERKaren Horney
Which of the following is the best example of the categorical perception of human
speech? - ANSWERWhen a sound is presented that is intermediate between the
phonemes /b/ and /p/, listeners report that they heard either a distinct /b/ or a
distinct /p/
Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess described three categories of infants: easy,
difficult, and slow to warm up. These are categories of: - ANSWERTemperament
Which of the following types of cognitive abilities is LEAST likely to show a decline in
late life? - ANSWERSemantic memory
Charles Scott Sherrington proposed that rapid stimulation of a specific synapse is
likely to produce a cumulative effect in the post synaptic cell because of: -
ANSWERtemporal summation
Which of the following is an atypical development pattern characterized by
stereotyped motor responses and poor communication skills - ANSWERautism
spectrum disorder
,The sharing of information about oneself is referred to as - ANSWERself-disclosure
Research on children's social behaviors shows that relative to young adolescent
boys, young adolescent girls exhibit more of which type of aggression? -
ANSWERRelational
"I runned to the car" is an example of - ANSWERoverregularization
The visual pathway that tells us what we are looking at is called the -
ANSWERVentral steam
Which theorist revised sigmund freud's stages of development, replacing freud's
psychosexual stages with psychosocial stages? - ANSWERErik Erikson
Using a pendulum apparatus, a participant attempts to derive the physical laws that
determine the rate at which a pendulum swings. The participant's approach to
solving this problem is to hold a relevant factor (x) constant, and to reverse this
procedure by holding Y constant and varying X. According to Jean Piaget, the
participant's level of cognitive functioning is most lieky - ANSWERFormal operational
A child has just developed the ability to lie with the intention of deceiving another
person. This new ability is probably based most directly on a change in the child's -
ANSWERknowledge about mental representations
The standard deviation of a sample of test scores is a measure of the -
ANSWERvariability of individual scores
Rapid eye movements are most closely associatied with which of the following -
ANSWERdreaming
An investigator interested in the development of children's attitudes toward the police
assessed and compared the attitudes of 250 eight year olds. She matched the three
groups with regard to the gender and socioeconomic background. The investigator's
research design is best characterized as which of the following? - ANSWERCross-
sectional
If a psychological disorder has a genetic basis, one would expect to find the highest
concordance rate for the illness between which of the following? - ANSWERidentical
twins
According to Sigmund Freud, a child who grabs food from another child because of
hunger is driven by the - ANSWERId
All of the following statements about psychodynamic theorists are correct except -
ANSWERcarl jung identified two components of the unconscious: the preconscious
and the formal unconscious
Juanita's classmates enjoy being with her because she is always sociable, easy-
going, and lively. On eysneck's basic personality dimensions, she would be classified
as - ANSWERextroverted stable
, Annette is looking for a psychotherapist whose clinical work is rooted in object
relations theory. The best match for Annette would be a therapist who emphasizes -
ANSWERearly life relationships
A client sleeps sixteen hours a day. According to the diagnostic and statistical
manual of mental disorders. Fifth edition (DSM-5), the client most likely has which of
the following sleep disorders - ANSWERhypersomnolence
Kyle mixes his blue paint with Jamie's yellow paint. The resulting green color occurs
because - ANSWERthe blue and yellow absorb all the other wavelengths except
green
What pattern of results on the depression questionnaire would justify the conclusion
that sleeplessness leads to depression - ANSWERnormal sleep control < yoked
control= depressed
What pattern of results on the depression questionnaire would one expect if
depression were to arise for reasons other than sleeplessness - ANSWERnormal
sleep control= yoked control < depressed
Suppose that the results were consistent with the hypothesis that sleeplessness
does not lead to depression. Of the following, which would be the most serious
criticism of the study and its conclusion? - ANSWEROne week of sleep deprivation
may have been inadequate to produce depression
Which of the following predictions is reasonable based on badly and Hitch's theory of
working memory? - ANSWERif two tasks using the same component are done
concurrently, performance will be impaired on one or both
Which of the following was the first to systematically and empirically study memory -
ANSWERIf two tasks using the same component are done concurrently,
performance will be impaired on one or both
Which of the following was the first to systematically and empirically study memory
by developing an innovative approach based on consonant-vowel-consonant
combinations? - ANSWERHerman Ebbinghaus
Marc recently moved to an area that experienced a large number of tornadoes,
which frightened him greatly. Every time a storm containing high winds emerged, the
lights in his home flickered on a clear day, he because quite fearful and searched for
a safe place to hide. What is the conditioned stimulus? - ANSWERlights flickering
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? - ANSWERIvan Pavlov
Which memory store is believed to have the largest capacity? - ANSWERThe long
term store
