GRE PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2024/25) GRADED A+ /
GUARANTEED PASS!!
ABCD model
- answers-cognitive therapy: activating system (trigger emotion), belief system
(appraisal of A), consequences (consequences of appraisal B), disputing ( changing
maladaptive/erroneous belief system B)
abstinence violation effect
- answers-person becomes upset and self-blaming over the lapse and view it as proof
that he or she will never be strong enough to resist temptation
Acetycholine
- answers-neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and
wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's
AcH
- answers-neurotransmitter involved in memory and movement - too little is associated
with Alzheimer's
achievement goal theory
- answers-focuses on the manner in which success is defined both by the individual and
within the achievement situation itself: mastery and ego orientations
Acquiescence
- answers-when people agree with opposing statements
agnosia
- answers-failure to recognize or identify objects despite intact sensory function
Agraphia
- answers-inability to write
, Alexia
- answers-inability to read
Analogical representations
- answers-share some features or characteristics of the things to which they refer
Analysis of Variance/ANOVA
- answers-inferential statistical procedure used to compare 2 or more means to see if
the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for statistical significance)
Aphasia
- answers-impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or written discourse
as a result of brain damage. Ex. Wernicke's ________ or Broca's __________
apraxia
- answers-impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function
autonomy motivation
- answers-greater freedom and regulation by the self (self-determination theory)
autonomy vs shame and guilt
- answers-resolution: find independence
18 mo - 3 years
babinski
- answers-infant reflex that causes toes to fan out when soles of feet are touched
Barnum effect
- answers-The tendency to agree with and accept personality interpretations that are
provided.
basal ganglia
- answers-group of structures which coordinate movement; located in the forebrain
(telencephalon)
basic anxiety
- answers-Horney's term for feelings of helplessness and insecurity as a result of being
a small child in a world full of adults.
Behavioral activation system (BAS)
- answers-roused to action by signals of potential reward and positive need gratification-
-prefrontal area in left hemisphere (goal directed and planning behavior)
Behavioral inhibition system (BIS)
- answers-responds to stimuli that signal potential pain, nonreinforcement, and
punishment--limbic system and right frontal lobe
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS (2024/25) GRADED A+ /
GUARANTEED PASS!!
ABCD model
- answers-cognitive therapy: activating system (trigger emotion), belief system
(appraisal of A), consequences (consequences of appraisal B), disputing ( changing
maladaptive/erroneous belief system B)
abstinence violation effect
- answers-person becomes upset and self-blaming over the lapse and view it as proof
that he or she will never be strong enough to resist temptation
Acetycholine
- answers-neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and
wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's
AcH
- answers-neurotransmitter involved in memory and movement - too little is associated
with Alzheimer's
achievement goal theory
- answers-focuses on the manner in which success is defined both by the individual and
within the achievement situation itself: mastery and ego orientations
Acquiescence
- answers-when people agree with opposing statements
agnosia
- answers-failure to recognize or identify objects despite intact sensory function
Agraphia
- answers-inability to write
, Alexia
- answers-inability to read
Analogical representations
- answers-share some features or characteristics of the things to which they refer
Analysis of Variance/ANOVA
- answers-inferential statistical procedure used to compare 2 or more means to see if
the difference is not chance (need p<.05 for statistical significance)
Aphasia
- answers-impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or written discourse
as a result of brain damage. Ex. Wernicke's ________ or Broca's __________
apraxia
- answers-impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function
autonomy motivation
- answers-greater freedom and regulation by the self (self-determination theory)
autonomy vs shame and guilt
- answers-resolution: find independence
18 mo - 3 years
babinski
- answers-infant reflex that causes toes to fan out when soles of feet are touched
Barnum effect
- answers-The tendency to agree with and accept personality interpretations that are
provided.
basal ganglia
- answers-group of structures which coordinate movement; located in the forebrain
(telencephalon)
basic anxiety
- answers-Horney's term for feelings of helplessness and insecurity as a result of being
a small child in a world full of adults.
Behavioral activation system (BAS)
- answers-roused to action by signals of potential reward and positive need gratification-
-prefrontal area in left hemisphere (goal directed and planning behavior)
Behavioral inhibition system (BIS)
- answers-responds to stimuli that signal potential pain, nonreinforcement, and
punishment--limbic system and right frontal lobe
