GRE Practice Test Questions
Which of the following is not an important determinant when considering the effects of
modeling on learning?
a. the role of reinforcement
b. the retention of the material modeled
c. the sex of the model
d. the functional value of the model's behavior
e. the nature of the material being modeled - Answer c
The period in which a female of the species is sexually receptive is known as
a. courting
b. estrus
c. gestation
d. copulation
e. menstruation - Answer b
Which of the following is NOT a morpheme?
a. the "s" in "dogs"
b. the "dog" in "dogs"
c. the "ed" in "learned"
d. the "ou" in "soup"
e. the "bio" in "biology" - Answer d
Which of the following represents the correct order (from left to right) of Gestalt
principles illustrated in the figure above?
a. Closure, similarity, good continuation
b. proximity, good proximity, similarity
c. closure, similarity, proximity
d. shapes, figures, figure ground
e. proximity, similarity, closure - Answer c
The sound of a sizzling frying pan causes Rudollpho to salivate uncontrollably. The
sound of the sizzling frying pan is a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus
b. conditioned stimulus
c. unconditioned response
d. conditioned response
e. neutral stimulus - Answer b
, Ernst Weber introduced the notion of
a. physiological zero
b. response bias
c. just noticeable difference
d. motion parallax
e. subliminal processing - Answer c
Dichotic listening tasks are used to study
a. selective attention
b. spontaneous recovery
c. good continuation
d. echoic memory
e. habituation - Answer a
Which of the following is based on the principles of classical conditioning?
a. token economies
b. differential reinforcement
c. systematic desensitization
d. contingency management
e. unconditional positive regard - Answer c
which of the following can be inferred from most twin studies?
a. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental
factors
b. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental
factors
c. differences between monozygotic and dizygotic twins are most likely the product of
environmental factors
d. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors
e. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors -
Answer b
which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental
psychology?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Erik Erikson
d. William James
e. John Locke - Answer a
if two individuals have the same phenotype, that means that they
Which of the following is not an important determinant when considering the effects of
modeling on learning?
a. the role of reinforcement
b. the retention of the material modeled
c. the sex of the model
d. the functional value of the model's behavior
e. the nature of the material being modeled - Answer c
The period in which a female of the species is sexually receptive is known as
a. courting
b. estrus
c. gestation
d. copulation
e. menstruation - Answer b
Which of the following is NOT a morpheme?
a. the "s" in "dogs"
b. the "dog" in "dogs"
c. the "ed" in "learned"
d. the "ou" in "soup"
e. the "bio" in "biology" - Answer d
Which of the following represents the correct order (from left to right) of Gestalt
principles illustrated in the figure above?
a. Closure, similarity, good continuation
b. proximity, good proximity, similarity
c. closure, similarity, proximity
d. shapes, figures, figure ground
e. proximity, similarity, closure - Answer c
The sound of a sizzling frying pan causes Rudollpho to salivate uncontrollably. The
sound of the sizzling frying pan is a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus
b. conditioned stimulus
c. unconditioned response
d. conditioned response
e. neutral stimulus - Answer b
, Ernst Weber introduced the notion of
a. physiological zero
b. response bias
c. just noticeable difference
d. motion parallax
e. subliminal processing - Answer c
Dichotic listening tasks are used to study
a. selective attention
b. spontaneous recovery
c. good continuation
d. echoic memory
e. habituation - Answer a
Which of the following is based on the principles of classical conditioning?
a. token economies
b. differential reinforcement
c. systematic desensitization
d. contingency management
e. unconditional positive regard - Answer c
which of the following can be inferred from most twin studies?
a. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental
factors
b. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of environmental
factors
c. differences between monozygotic and dizygotic twins are most likely the product of
environmental factors
d. differences between dizygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors
e. differences between monozygotic twins are most likely the product of genetic factors -
Answer b
which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental
psychology?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Erik Erikson
d. William James
e. John Locke - Answer a
if two individuals have the same phenotype, that means that they
