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GRE PSYCHOLOGY SUBJECT TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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A problem with memory retrieval where some parts of the information are available to
memory, but not enough for complete recall.


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Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

,Comparing the test-taker's performance to that test's norms that are derived from
standardized samples.


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Norm-referenced testing




An impairment in the ability to eat.


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Aphagia.




A theory that holds that if the information in long-term memory is not used or
rehearsed it will eventually be forgotten.


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Decay theory




In visual perception, it is the process of inhibiting the response of adjacent retinal
cells resulting in the sharpening and highlighting of the borders between dark and
light areas.


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, Lateral inhibition




Areas in the brain receiving incoming sensory information or sending out motor-
impulse commands.


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Projection area




From Abraham Maslow's theory, it is the need to realize one's fullest potential.


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Self-actualization




A therapeutic approach that focuses on changing irrational belief systems.


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Rational emotive behavioral therapy




Research designs that use random assignment and manipulate the independent
variable.


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, True experiments




A decision-making short-cut that people tend to use when trying to decide how likely
something is by categorizing on the basis of whether it fits the prototypical,
stereotypical or representative image of the category.


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Representativeness heuristic




A laboratory study designed to measure the quality of the caregiver-child attachment
relationship.


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Strange situation




A measure of the typical distance of scores from the mean.


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Standard deviation




A defense mechanism that refers to the unconscious forgetting of anxiety-producing
memories.

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