GRE Psychology Subject Test 2025 | 100% Verified Answers | Graded A+

GRE Psychology Subject A+ Graded
Test Exam Questions With 100%
Correct And Verified Answers 2025
Learningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Thelrelativelylpermanentlorlstablelchangelinlbehaviorlaslthelresultloflexperie
nce

E.L.lThorndikel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Thislmanlsuggestedlthellawlofleffect,lprecursorlofloperantlconditioning.

LawloflEffectl-CORRECT ANSWERS-E.L.lThorndike'slidealthatlpostulatedlalcause-and-
effectlchainloflbehaviorlrevolvinglaroundlreinforcement.lAnylbehaviorlthatlisl
followedlbylrewardlisllikelyltolbelrepeated.lOnelfollowedlbylunpleasantlconse
quenceslisllikelyltolbelstopped.

KurtlLewinl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Thislmanldevelopedltheltheoryloflassociation,lforerunnerloflbehaviorism.

TheoryloflAssociationl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Organismslassociatelcertainlbehaviorslwithlcertainlrewardslandlcertainlcuesl
withlcertainlsituations.lPrecursorltolPavlov'slClassicallConditioning.

IvanlPavlovl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Helislfamouslforlworklonldigestion.lDevelopedlClassicallConditioning.

Classical/lPavlovianlConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alconceptlthatlinvolveslteachinglanlorganismltolrespondltolalneutrallstimulus
lbylpairinglthelneutrallstimuluslwithlalnot-so-neutrallstimulus.



JohnlB.lWatsonl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Helfoundedlthelschoolloflbehaviorism.lHelbelievedlthatleverythinglcanlbelexp
lainedlbylstimulus-
responselchainslandlthatlconditioninglwaslthelkeylfactorlinldevelopinglthesel


1|Page

,chains.lONLYlOBJECTIVElandlOBSERVABLElelementslwereloflimportanceltolor
ganismslandlpsychology.

B.F.lSkinnerl-CORRECT ANSWERS-Thislmanldevelopedloperantlconditioning.

OperantlConditioning/lInstrumentallConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Thislconceptloflbehaviorlbeinglinfluencedlprimarilylbylreinforcement.lThelSki
nnerlBoxlwaslusedltoldeveloplthislidea:ltolconditionlratsltolperformlanlunnatu
rallbehavior--pressinglthelleverlinlthelskinnerlbox.

NeutrallStimulusl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alstimuluslthatldoeslnotlproducelalspecificlresponselonlitslown.

UnconditionedlStimulusl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Withoutlconditioning,lthislstimuluslelicitslalresponse.

ConditionedlStimulusl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
ThelneutrallstimulusloncelitlhaslbeenlpairedlwithlthelUCS.

UnconditionedlResponsel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
ThelnaturallyloccurringlresponseltolthelUCS.

ConditionedlResponsel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
ThelresponselthatlthelCSlelicitslafterlconditioning.lOftenltimes,litlislthelsamel
aslthelUCR.

SimultaneouslConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
AlconditioningltechniquelwherelthelUCSlandlthelCSlarelpresentedlatlthelsamel
time.

HigherlOrder/lSecond-OderlConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
AlconditioningltechniquelinlwhichlalpreviouslCSlnowlactslaslalUCS.

ForwardlConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
AlconditioningltechniquelinlwhichlthelCSlislpresentedlbeforelthelUCS

DelayedlConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
ThelpresentationloflthelCSlbeginslbeforelthatloflthelUCslandllastsluntillthelUC
Slislpresented.


2|Page

,TracelConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
ThelCSlstimuluslislpresentedlandlterminatedlbeforelthelUCSlislpresented.

BackwardlConditioningl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
AlconditioningltechniquelinlwhichlthelCSlislpresentedlafterlthelUCSlislpresent
ed.lItlprovesltolbelineffective.lProduceslanlinhibitorylconditioningleffect.

Shaping/lDifferentiallReinforcementloflSuccessivelApproximationsl-CORRECT
ANSWERS-

Alprocesslwherelthelexperimenterlgraduallylmoldslanlorganismlbylreinforcin
glanylresponseslsimilarltoltheldesiredlresponse.

PrimarylReinforcementl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Somethinglthatlislreinforcinglonlitslownlwithoutlthelrequirementlofllearning.l
Ex.lWaterlandlFood.

SecondarylReinforcementl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Allearnedlreinforcer,loftenllearnedlthroughlsociety.lEx.lMoney

PositivelReinforcementl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Altypeloflrewardlorlpositiveleventlactinglaslalstimuluslthatlincreaseslthellikeli
hoodloflalparticularlresponse.

NegativelReinforcementl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Reinforcementlthroughlthelremovalloflalnegativelevent.

ContinuouslReinforcementlSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alschedulelwhereleverylcorrectlresponselislmetlwithlsomelformloflreinforcem
ent.lThisltypeloflreinforcementlstrategylfacilitateslthelquickestllearninglbutl
mostlfragilellearningl(aslsoonlaslthelrewardslstoplcoming,lthelanimallstopslp
erforming).

PartiallReinforcementlSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Inlthislschedule,lnotlalllcorrectlresponseslarelmetlwithlreinforcement.lThislty
peloflreinforcementlstrategylmaylrequirelallongerllearningltime,lbutloncellear
ned,ltheselbehaviorslarelmorelresistantltolextinction.lTherelarelfourltypesloflt
hislschedule.

FixedlRatiolSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alpartiallreinforcementlschedulelwherelalreinforcementlisldeliveredlafterlalco
3|Page

, nsistentlnumberloflresponses.lThelpowerlofldrugladdictionlhaslbeenlprovenlu
singlthislschedule.lThelbehaviorlislvulnerableltolextinction.

VariablelRatiolSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Inlthislpartiallreinforcementlschedule,lreinforcementslareldeliveredlafterldiff
erentlnumbersloflcorrectlresponses.lThelratiolcannotlbelpredicted.lLearninglt
akeslthelmostltimeltoloccur,lbutlthellearninglislleastllikelyltolbecomelextingui
shed.lEx.lSlotlMachines

FixedlIntervallSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alpartiallreinforcementlschedulelwherelrewardslcomelafterlthelpassageloflalc
ertainlperiodlofltimelratherlthanlthelnumberloflbehaviors.lThislscheduleldoesl
littleltolmotivatelanlanimal'slbehavior.

VariablelIntervallSchedulel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alpartiallreinforcementlschedulelwherelrewardslareldeliveredlafterldifferinglt
imelperiods.lItlislthelsecondlmostleffectivelstrategylinlmaintaininglbehavior.

TokenlEconomyl-CORRECT ANSWERS-Anlartificiallmini-
economylwherelindividualslarelmotivatedlbylsecondarylreinforcers.lDesirabl
elbehaviorslarelreinforcedlwithltokens,lwhichlcanlbelcashedlinlforlmorelprima
rylreinforcers.

Primary/lInstinctuallDrivel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Aldrivelthatlanlindividuallcanlbelnaturallylmotivatedlby,lsuchlaslhungerlorlthir
st.

Secondary/lAcquiredlDrivel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Aldrivelthatlisllearnedltolmotivatelanlindividual,lsuchlaslmoney.

ExploratorylDrivel-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Aldrivelwherelindividualslarelmotivatedlsimplyltoltrylsomethinglnewlorltolexp
loreltheirlenvironment.

FritzlHeider'slBalancelTheory,lCharleslOsgoodl&lPercylTannenbaum'slCongru
itylTheory,lLeonlFestinger'slCognitivelDissonancelTheory,l&lHull'slDrivelRedu
ctionlTheoryl-CORRECT ANSWERS-
Theseltheorieslassertlthatlhumanslarelprimarilylmotivatedltolmaintainlphysio
logicallorlpsychologicallhomeostasis.lArgumentlagainstltheseltheories:lIndivi
dualsloftenlseekloutlstimulation,lnovellexperience,lorlself-destruction.
4|Page