GRE Psychology A+ Graded Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct And Verified Answers 2025

GRE Psychology A+ Graded
Test Exam Questions With 100%
Correct And Verified Answers
2025
Attitudesl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
Anlopinionlorlgenerallfeelinglaboutlcognitions,lbeliefs,lfeeli
ngs,lorlbehaviorallpredisposition.

ConsistencylTheoriesl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
Theoreticallperspectiveslfromlsociallpsychologylthatlholdlth
atlpeoplelpreferlconsistencylbetweenlattitudeslandlbehavior
s,landlthatlpeoplelwilllchangelorlresistlchanginglattitudeslba
sedluponlthislpreference.

balanceltheoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
theorylthatlislconcernedlwithlthelwayl3lelementslarelrelated:l
thelpersonlwhomlwe'reltalkinglaboutl(symbolizedlaslP),lsom
elotherlpersonl(symbolizedlaslO),landlalthing,lidea,lorlsomelo
therlpersonl(symbolizedlbylX).lBalancelexistslwhenlalllthreel
fitltogetherlharmoniously.lWhenltherelisn'tlbalance,ltherelwi
lllbelstress,landlaltendencyltolremovelthislstresslbylachieving
lbalance;lFritzlHeider



cognitiveldissonanceltheoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
theorylthatlthelconflictlorlinconsistencylbetweenlinternallatt
itudeslandlexternallbehaviorslwhichlmaylresultlinlalchangelo
flattitude;lLeonlFistinger

Whatldoeslincreasedldissonancelleadlto?l-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-

Increasedlpressureltoldecreaseldissonance.

freelchoicel&lforcedlcompliancel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
twoltypeslofldissonance



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,freelchoiceldissonancel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonldecideslbetweenlseveralldesirabl
eloutcomes

forcedlcomplianceldissonancel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonlislforcedlintolbehavinglinlanlinco
nsistentlmannerlfromltheirlbeliefs

post-decisionldissonancel-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
dissonancelwherelalpersonlhaslalfeelingloflanxietyloverlwhet
herlthelcorrectldecisionlwaslmade

spreadingloflalternativesl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
whenlalternativeslarelseenlasldifferentlafterlchoicelislmadel(
thelonelwelchoselaslbetter,lthelonelwelrejectedlaslworse)

minimalljustificationleffectl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
effectlstudiedlbylParticipantslwholdidlalboringltask,lthenlwer
elaskedltoltelllnextlpersonlitlwaslfunlforl$1lorl$20
-
lResults:l$1lparticipantslreportedlenjoyingltasklmorelthanl$

20lparticipants
-
lExplanation:l$20lparticipantslcouldlattributelbehaviorl(sayi

nglitlwaslfun)ltolthel$20ltheylreceived,lbutl$1lisn'tlenoughltol
justifyltheldissonantlbehavior.lSo,l$1lparticipantslinsteadlch
angedltheirlattitudeslaboutltheltask
-lFestingerlandlCarlsmithl(1959)

self-perceptionltheoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
Theltheorylthatlwhenlourlattitudeslandlfeelingslareluncertai
nlorlambiguous,lwelinferltheselstateslbylobservinglourlbehav
iorlandlthelsituationlinlwhichlitloccurs;lDaryllBem

overjustificationleffectl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
theleffectloflbribinglpeopleltoldolwhatltheylalreadyllikeldoing
;ltheylmaylthenlseeltheirlactionslaslexternallylcontrolledlrath
erlthanlintrinsicallylappealing



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,Modelloflpersuasionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
modelldescribedlbylanlattitudelchangelaslalprocessloflcomm
unicatinglalmessagelwithlthelintentltolpersuadelsomeone;lC
arllHovland

communicator,lcommunication,landlsituationl-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-

Hovland'slmodelloflpersuasionlcomponents

sleeperleffectl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
effectlwherelpersuasivelcommunicationlfromlalsourcelofllowl
credibilitylmaylbecomelmorelacceptablellaterlwhilelcommun
icationlfromlhighlcredibilitylsourcelmayldecrease;lsourcelcre
dibilitylstudylonleralcontroversialltopicsl(onelwrittenlbylanlA
mericanlphysicistl&lanotherlbylalRussianlnewspaper)

Russainlnewspaperlpersuadedl0%,lAmericanlphysicistlpersu
adedl36%;lHovlandl&lWeissl(1951)

twolsidedlmessagesl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
argumentslforlandlagainstlalposition;loftenlusedlforlpersuasi
onlsincelsuchlseemsltolbel"balanced"lcommunication.l(Newsl
reporting)

ElaborationlLikelihoodlModelloflPersuasionl-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-

modellthatlsuggestsl2lroutesloflpersuasion;lcentrall&lperiph
eral;lPettyl&lCacioppo

centrallroutelpersuasionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
persuasionlthatloccurslwhenlinterestedlpeoplelfocuslonlthela
rgumentslandlrespondlwithlfavorablelthoughts

peripherallroutelpersuasionl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
persuasionlthatloccurslwhenlnon-
interestedlpeopleldolnotlclearlylunderstandlanlargumentlan
dlcanlbelinfluencedlbylincidentallcues,lsuchlaslalspeaker'slatt
ractiveness



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, analogyloflinoculation,lbelieflperseverance,landlreactancel-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-3lwaysltolresistlpersuasion



Analogyloflinoculationl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
analogylwherelpeoplelcanlresistlpersuasivelcommunicationsl
aslseenlinlphysicallinoculationl(flulshot);lWilliamlMcGuire

culturalltruismsl&lrefutedlcounterargumentsl-
lCORRECTlANSWERS-

2lwaysltolrestlthelanalogyloflinoculation

culturalltruismsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
beliefslthatlarelseldomlquestioned,lbutlrarelylattackedlevenl
thoughltheylarelvulnerableltolattack.

refutedlcounterargumentsl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
whenlalpersonlislfirstlpresentinglargumentslagainstltheltruis
mslandlthenlrefutinglthem;lmotivateslpeopleltolpracticeldefe
ndinglbeliefs.

belieflperseverancelphenomenonl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
phenomenonlwherelthere'slaltendencyltolstickltolourlinitiallb
eliefslevenlwhenlevidencelcontradictslthem

reactanceleffectl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
effectlthatloccursliflweltrylhardltolpersuadelsomeone,ltheylm
aylbelievelthelopposite.

sociallcomparisonltheoryl-lCORRECTlANSWERS-
theorylthatlwelseekltolevaluatelourlabilitieslandlbeliefslbylco
mparinglthemlwithlthoseloflothers;l

peoplelpreferltolevaluatelthemselveslobjectively,landlthenlinl
comparisonltolothers

lesslsimilaritieslinlopinionsl=llessloflaltendencyltolmakelcom
parisons




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