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GRE Psychology Practice Set Questions & Answers Which of the following situations involving two people, P and O, and an object, X, will NOT be balanced according to Heider's balance theory? a. P likes O, and they both like X b. P likes O, and they both dislike X c. P dislikes O, and they both dislike X d. P dislikes O, P likes X, and O dislikes X e. P dislikes O, P dislikes X, and O likes X - Correct Ans-c (P dislikes O, and they both dislike X) According to inoculation theory, a perso...

GRE Psychology- Personality and Abnormal Psychology popular meanings of personality generally fall into one of two categories: - >>the social skills and the salient impression one leaves on others who defined physical and biological variables that he related to human behaviors and characterized people by body type, relating body type to personality type - >>William Sheldon Who used the terms endomorphy (soft and spherical) mesomorphs (hard muscular and rectangular) and ectom...

GRE Psychology Subject Test Questions & Answers Ablation - Answer-A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period - Answer-The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold - Answer-The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation - Answer-A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs when cognitive structures are modified because new inf...

GRE Psychology Subject Test (Clinical and Abnormal Psychology) Q&A Define "clinical psychology" - Correct Ans->>Study of the theory, assessment, and treatment of mental and emotional disorder. Who was the originator of psychoanalytic theory? - Correct Ans->>Sigmund Freud. What does psychoanalytic theory view as central to human nature? - Correct Ans->>Conflict between different drives that are vying for expression. What motivates an individual in psychoanalytic the...

GRE Psychology Subject Test 432 Questions with Verified Answers Ablation - CORRECT ANSWER A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period - CORRECT ANSWER The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold - CORRECT ANSWER The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs wh...

GRE psychology practice Exam Review Solution Acetycholine - ANS-neurotransmitter associated with voluntary movement, sleep and wakefulness. Too little is associated with Alzheimer's Analysis of Variance/ANOVA - ANS-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 - ANS-impairment of ability to communicate either through oral or written discourse as a result of brain damage. Ex. ...

GRE Psychology - Biological Psychology Exam Review Solution Central Nervous System - Ans->>- composed of the brain and spinal cord Peripheral Nervous System - Ans->>- the pathway that runs to and from the CNS - afferent fibers run toward the CNS; efferent fibers run away from the CNS - composed of: 1) Somatic Nervous System - controls voluntary movements of the striated muscles 2) Autonomic Nervous System - involuntary movements of the smooth muscles, 2 parts: a) Sympathetic n...

Ablation A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Absolute threshold The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It o...

Ablation Correct Answer A surgically induced brain lesion. Absolute refractory period Correct Answer The period that follows the onset of an action potential. During this period, a nerve impulse cannot be initiated Absolute threshold Correct Answer The minimum of stimulus energy needed to activate a sensory system. Accommodation Correct Answer A principle of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It occurs when cognitive structures are modified because new information or new experie...

Learning Correct Answer The relatively permanent or stable change in behavior as the result of experience E.L. Thorndike Correct Answer This man suggested the law of effect, precursor of operant conditioning. Law of Effect Correct Answer E.L. Thorndike's idea that postulated a cause-and-effect chain of behavior revolving around reinforcement. Any behavior that is followed by reward is likely to be repeated. One followed by unpleasant consequences is likely to be stopped. Kurt Lewin Cor...