GRE Psychology Subject Test Practice
Questions 100% ANSWERED!!
An athlete's performance may improve or worsen according to the level of arousal.
Under extreme pressure, performance may diminish. This is an example of
a) The Yerkes-Dodson Law
b) Clark Hull's theory of motivation
c) the Garcia effect
d) Zajonc's theory
e) the James-Lange theory - ANSWERa) The Yerkes-Dodson Law
A developmental psychologist is interested in conducting a study on children's
gender perceptions. The psychologist recruits children who are either 5 years of age,
8 years of age, or 10 years of age to complete the study. Which of the following best
describes the psychologist's research design?
a) Longitudinal
b) Case Study
c) Cross-sectional
d) Experimental
e) Time-series - ANSWERc) Cross-sectional
Piaget's stages of cognitive development (in order) are
a) preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
b) sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
c) sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational
d) preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational, sensorimotor
e) preoperational, conservation, egocentric, scientist - ANSWERb) sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
The term 'vicarious reinforcement' was coined by
a) John Dewey
b) Albert Bandura
c) William James
d) Carl Rogers
e) Kurt Lewin - ANSWERb) Albert Bandura
The "strange situation" was an experiment devised to examine the quality of the
parent-child attachment relationship by which researcher?
a) Diana Baumrind
b) Karen Horney
c) John Bowlby
d) Carol Gilligan
e) Margaret Ainsworth - ANSWERe) Margaret Ainsworth
Questions 100% ANSWERED!!
An athlete's performance may improve or worsen according to the level of arousal.
Under extreme pressure, performance may diminish. This is an example of
a) The Yerkes-Dodson Law
b) Clark Hull's theory of motivation
c) the Garcia effect
d) Zajonc's theory
e) the James-Lange theory - ANSWERa) The Yerkes-Dodson Law
A developmental psychologist is interested in conducting a study on children's
gender perceptions. The psychologist recruits children who are either 5 years of age,
8 years of age, or 10 years of age to complete the study. Which of the following best
describes the psychologist's research design?
a) Longitudinal
b) Case Study
c) Cross-sectional
d) Experimental
e) Time-series - ANSWERc) Cross-sectional
Piaget's stages of cognitive development (in order) are
a) preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
b) sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
c) sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational
d) preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational, sensorimotor
e) preoperational, conservation, egocentric, scientist - ANSWERb) sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
The term 'vicarious reinforcement' was coined by
a) John Dewey
b) Albert Bandura
c) William James
d) Carl Rogers
e) Kurt Lewin - ANSWERb) Albert Bandura
The "strange situation" was an experiment devised to examine the quality of the
parent-child attachment relationship by which researcher?
a) Diana Baumrind
b) Karen Horney
c) John Bowlby
d) Carol Gilligan
e) Margaret Ainsworth - ANSWERe) Margaret Ainsworth
