GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) Psychology: Questions 209 - 212 of 437
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Question number: 209
» General Psychology » History
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Dan has difficulty with dating. Whenever his friends point out a woman they think he should approach, he finds himself thinking about how she will probably reject him. As a result, he rarely asks anyone out, and he complains to his friends that women don’t like “nice guys. ” A cognitive psychologist would probably say that Dan should
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| a. | examine his childhood experiences for the source of his lack of confidence. |
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| b. | use free association to explore long-forgotten childhood experiences and traumas. |
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| c. | examine his thoughts and actions to see what keeps him stuck in this pattern. |
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| d. | work towards what is most important to him rather than focusing on his friends’ ideas of what is attractive or on their insistence that he find someone to date. |
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Question number: 210
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Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | correlational analyses |
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| b. | survey methodology |
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| c. | teaching participants to multitask |
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| d. | self-examination of mental processes |
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Question number: 211
» Measurement and Methodology » Psychometrics, Test Construction, Reliability, Validity
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Whenever subjects are measured on almost any dimension, there will be ________ in their scores.
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| a. | Variability |
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| b. | Inference |
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| c. | Stability |
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| d. | Significance |
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Question number: 212
» Lifespan Development » Nature-Nurture
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Billy is a two-year-old. He is most likely mothered by
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | castration anxiety |
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| b. | expression anxiety and mobility anxiety |
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| c. | an Oedipus complex |
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| d. | separation anxiety and stranger anxiety |
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