GRE Subject Test · GRE Psychology

3:25 Topic 1 Biological psychology A biological explanation needs a path from a physical process to the observed behaviour. Receptors chang… 3:12 Topic 2 Cognition, language and learning Identify what changes before naming a learning process. In classical conditioning, a cue predicts anothe… 2:59 Topic 3 Social psychology Separate what people do, what they privately believe and why they do it. Agreement may seek acceptance, … 2:57 Topic 4 Developmental psychology Development can change knowledge, strategy and social support at different rates. Piaget's account empha… 3:11 Topic 5 Personality, clinical and abnormal psychology Trait descriptions summarize relatively stable patterns; behavioural accounts examine learned contingenc… 3:08 Topic 6 Measurement, methods, statistics and history Define a construct, state its observable measure, then ask whether the measure supports the intended int… 3:44 Topic 7 Historical perspectives and psychometric interpretation A norm describes relative standing in a reference population; a mastery criterion describes a specified … 3:34 Topic 8 Diagnostic systems and disorder classification The recorded teaching names DSM-5-TR; the historical ETS practice form is not authority for every curren… 4:33 Topic 9 Treatment models and outcome evidence Mechanism and outcome are different claims. An intervention may improve an outcome without the study est… 4:58 Topic 10 Psychometrics and test construction Choose the reliability coefficient by the source of variation being studied. A standard error of measure… 4:42 Topic 11 Research designs and statistical interpretation Choose a test from the design, scale and assumptions, not merely the number of groups. Paired observatio… 4:45 Topic 12 Sensation, perception and psychophysics A threshold is defined by a detection criterion under specified conditions, often 50% detection for an a… 4:20 Topic 13 Neurons, synapses and brain systems Graded input can vary in size and combine at the trigger region; a propagated action potential is all-or… 4:22 Topic 14 Developmental theories and milestones Assimilation uses an existing scheme; accommodation changes the scheme when it does not fit. Conservatio… 4:23 Topic 15 Theorists, schools and their claims Classify an explanation by its proposed mechanism and method. Structuralist analysis of experience diffe… 4:20 Topic 16 Conditioning, reinforcement and observational learning Positive means adding; negative means removing. Reinforcement increases the target behaviour; punishment… 4:06 Topic 17 Memory systems, processes and forgetting Sensory stores briefly retain modality-specific input. Working memory maintains and processes a limited … 3:53 Topic 18 Language structure, perception and acquisition Phonemes distinguish sound categories; morphemes carry meaning. Syntax concerns organization of words; s… 4:07 Topic 19 Thinking, problem solving and intelligence An algorithm follows steps that guarantee a solution for its specified problem class when correctly appl… 4:11 Topic 20 Social cognition, attribution and social influence Attribution distinguishes situational and dispositional explanations. Informational influence treats oth… 4:16 Topic 21 Groups, relationships and intergroup processes Diffusion of responsibility can reduce an individual's felt obligation when others could act. Pluralisti… 3:44 Topic 22 Attention limits and non-associative learning Attention models specify where and under what demands selection occurs. Perceptual load and working-memo… 4:36 Topic 23 Evolutionary and comparative perspectives Hamilton's inequality is a model of selection under stated costs, benefits and relatedness, not an instr… 3:57 Topic 24 Encoding depth and retrieval routes Semantic elaboration often supports later meaning-based recall because it creates useful relationships a… 4:11 Topic 25 Hormones, stress and behavioural regulation The HPA sequence connects hypothalamic CRH, pituitary ACTH and adrenal-cortex cortisol. Cortisol partici… 4:22 Topic 26 Epidemiology and clinical evidence A cumulative incidence proportion uses new cases among people initially at risk over a specified period.…