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How to build a GRE psychology deck from your own reading

Prebuilt decks can help, but the fastest way to cover GRE psychology is to make GRE psychology flashcards from the chapters you are actually reviewing.

Make one card per concept, theory or named study
Use the chapter headings from your own PDF as deck names
Put the researcher or key term on the front when a definition is ambiguous
Review missed cards daily until they stop coming back as misses

Example GRE psychology flashcards

In operant conditioning, what is negative reinforcement?Increasing a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus after it occurs. Taking aspirin to stop a headache makes taking aspirin more likely next time.

Which memory effect describes better recall of items at the start and end of a list?The serial position effect. Primacy (early items) and recency (late items) are recalled better than items in the middle.

What does a Type I error mean in hypothesis testing?Rejecting a true null hypothesis, which is a false positive. Its probability is set by alpha.

Which Piaget stage includes conservation and logical operations on concrete objects?The concrete operational stage. Children reason logically about physical objects but struggle with abstract hypotheticals.

In Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory, what usually drives attitude change after a counterattitudinal act?Reducing the discomfort caused by inconsistency between behavior and belief, often by shifting the belief to fit the behavior.

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Frequently asked questions

What topics should GRE psychology flashcards cover?

Most GRE psychology review covers areas such as learning, memory, cognition, development, social psychology, clinical psychology, biological bases of behavior, and research methods and statistics. Build your deck from your own study guide so the coverage matches your plan.

How should I write a flashcard for a psychology theory?

Put the theorist or term and a short cue on the front, then state the core claim and one distinguishing example on the back. Avoid cards that ask for a whole chapter at once.

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