GRE Psychology questions with verified
answers
Who studied the effect of competition on performance and found that people
perform better on familiar tasks when in the presence of other than when alone?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-a (Norman Triplett)
Who created the social facilitation effect? For exampled, cyclists tend to have
faster times when riding in the presence of a counterpart as opposed to riding
alone?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-a (Norman Triplett)
Who published the first textbooks on social psychology and defended that all
matter has a mental aspect?
A. Norman Triplett
,B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-b (William McDougall)
Who suggested that social approval influences behavior? For example, the course
of a conversation changes dramatically based upon feedback (approval) from
others?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-d (Verplank)
Who helped to establish reinforcement theory?
I. Verplank
II. Pavlov
III. Thorndike
IV. Hull
V. B. F. Skinner
A. I and II
B. I, II, and III
,C. I, II, and IV
D. II, III, and V
E. all of the above Ans✓✓-c (All of the above. Reinforcement theory: behavior is
motivated by anticipated rewards)
Who considered personality to be a collection of behavior that happens to have
been sufficiently reinforced to persist, and the result of behavioral development
of an organism?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined positive reinforcement (the case where you reward someone in order
to increase the frequency of a behavior)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
, Who coined negative reinforcement (desired response will be performed by
taking away or preventing something undesirable whenever the desired response
is made)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined punishment (giving organisms something undesirable whenever the
response is made)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined extinction (behavior that used to bring reward no longer does)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
answers
Who studied the effect of competition on performance and found that people
perform better on familiar tasks when in the presence of other than when alone?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-a (Norman Triplett)
Who created the social facilitation effect? For exampled, cyclists tend to have
faster times when riding in the presence of a counterpart as opposed to riding
alone?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-a (Norman Triplett)
Who published the first textbooks on social psychology and defended that all
matter has a mental aspect?
A. Norman Triplett
,B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-b (William McDougall)
Who suggested that social approval influences behavior? For example, the course
of a conversation changes dramatically based upon feedback (approval) from
others?
A. Norman Triplett
B. William McDougall
C. E.H. Ross
D. Verplank
E. Pavlov Ans✓✓-d (Verplank)
Who helped to establish reinforcement theory?
I. Verplank
II. Pavlov
III. Thorndike
IV. Hull
V. B. F. Skinner
A. I and II
B. I, II, and III
,C. I, II, and IV
D. II, III, and V
E. all of the above Ans✓✓-c (All of the above. Reinforcement theory: behavior is
motivated by anticipated rewards)
Who considered personality to be a collection of behavior that happens to have
been sufficiently reinforced to persist, and the result of behavioral development
of an organism?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined positive reinforcement (the case where you reward someone in order
to increase the frequency of a behavior)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
, Who coined negative reinforcement (desired response will be performed by
taking away or preventing something undesirable whenever the desired response
is made)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined punishment (giving organisms something undesirable whenever the
response is made)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
E. E.L. Thorndike Ans✓✓-b (B.F. Skinner)
Who coined extinction (behavior that used to bring reward no longer does)?
A. Hull
B. B. F. Skinner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Robert Rescorla
