GRE - practice exam
GRE - PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY
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An investigator used a test to measure masculinity and femininity in a large
sample of college students, consisting of equal numbers of males and females.
The test showed that 30% of the sample was androgynous. This finding is most
relevant to which of the following propositions?
(a) genotypic sex exerts the greatest influence on gender identity
(b) gender roles become less differentiated after puberty, as hormone levels reach
equilibrium
(c) adults who model both "masculine instrumentality" and "feminine
expressiveness" are the ones most likely to raise androgynous offspring
(d) rather than being at two ends of a spectrum, masculinity and femininity are
two separate traits that can coexist within an individual
(e) men are not more likely than women to be androgynous
D
All of the following are listed as disorders in DSM-5 EXCEPT for
(a) obsessive-compulsive disorder
(b) neurotic disorder
(c) anorexia disorder
(d) illness anxiety disorder
(e) Tourette's disorder
B
Which of the following is NOT a technique used in Freudian therapy?
(a) analysis of resistance
(b) free association
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(c) dream interpretation
(d) hypnotic suggestion
(e) analysis of transference
D
The goal of primary prevention is to
(a) reduce the possibility of mental disorder occurring
(b) reduce the impact or duration of a problem
(c) reduce the long-term consequences of disorders
(d) improve the conditions at mental hospitals
(e) none of the above
A
Which of the following people are instrumental in improving the conditions in
mental hospitals?
(a) Rosenhan
(b) Szasz
(c) Pinel
(d) Freud
(e) Von Meduna
C
The learned helplessness model put forth by Seligman is a model of which of the
following?
(a) Schizophrenia
(b) Autism
(c) Depression
(d) OCD
(e) Mania
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C
The Myth of Mental Illness was written by
(a) Rosenhan
(b) Dix
(c) Ellis
(d) The American Psychiatric Association
(e) Thomas Szasz
E
Which of the following is (are) NOT symptoms of dissociative fugue?
I. A sudden, unexpected travel away from home
II. Identity confusion
III. Hallucinations
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I and II only
(e) II and III only
C
Unconditional positive regard is associated with
(a) Wolpe's systematic desensitization therapy
(b) Ellis's rational-emotive therapy
(c) Beck's cognitive therapy
(d) Rogers' client-centered therapy
(e) Freud's psychoanalysis
D
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GRE - PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
An investigator used a test to measure masculinity and femininity in a large
sample of college students, consisting of equal numbers of males and females.
The test showed that 30% of the sample was androgynous. This finding is most
relevant to which of the following propositions?
(a) genotypic sex exerts the greatest influence on gender identity
(b) gender roles become less differentiated after puberty, as hormone levels reach
equilibrium
(c) adults who model both "masculine instrumentality" and "feminine
expressiveness" are the ones most likely to raise androgynous offspring
(d) rather than being at two ends of a spectrum, masculinity and femininity are
two separate traits that can coexist within an individual
(e) men are not more likely than women to be androgynous
D
All of the following are listed as disorders in DSM-5 EXCEPT for
(a) obsessive-compulsive disorder
(b) neurotic disorder
(c) anorexia disorder
(d) illness anxiety disorder
(e) Tourette's disorder
B
Which of the following is NOT a technique used in Freudian therapy?
(a) analysis of resistance
(b) free association
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(c) dream interpretation
(d) hypnotic suggestion
(e) analysis of transference
D
The goal of primary prevention is to
(a) reduce the possibility of mental disorder occurring
(b) reduce the impact or duration of a problem
(c) reduce the long-term consequences of disorders
(d) improve the conditions at mental hospitals
(e) none of the above
A
Which of the following people are instrumental in improving the conditions in
mental hospitals?
(a) Rosenhan
(b) Szasz
(c) Pinel
(d) Freud
(e) Von Meduna
C
The learned helplessness model put forth by Seligman is a model of which of the
following?
(a) Schizophrenia
(b) Autism
(c) Depression
(d) OCD
(e) Mania
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C
The Myth of Mental Illness was written by
(a) Rosenhan
(b) Dix
(c) Ellis
(d) The American Psychiatric Association
(e) Thomas Szasz
E
Which of the following is (are) NOT symptoms of dissociative fugue?
I. A sudden, unexpected travel away from home
II. Identity confusion
III. Hallucinations
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I and II only
(e) II and III only
C
Unconditional positive regard is associated with
(a) Wolpe's systematic desensitization therapy
(b) Ellis's rational-emotive therapy
(c) Beck's cognitive therapy
(d) Rogers' client-centered therapy
(e) Freud's psychoanalysis
D
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