GRE Psychology Subject Test – Format
Many of us dream of pursuing our further studies from a globally renowned graduate school. The GRE test is one of the means to that end. The GRE is an admission test that will help you to supplement your undergraduate records and other qualifications. Most of the universities abroad, especially the ones in the U.S., ask for your GRE score before they admit you. In a way, the GRE test helps to connect the undergraduate aspirants from all over the world with the ‘good’ graduate schools.
If your major subject was Psychology at the undergraduate level and you want to pursue Masters in the same subject from an American university, then you will have to pass the GRE subject test in Psychology. Like all other competitive exams, clearing the GRE subject test needs equal amount of preparation. The best way to start your preparation for the GRE subject test is to start taking into consideration all the facts about the exam like the format of the test and how it is structured. This will help you to catch a glimpse of what the test is going to be like. From then on, you can start your hardcore preparations for the subject test accordingly.
To help you make this start, here is a brief overview of the format and the structure of the GRE Psychology subject test.
- The pre-editions of the test consisted of about 205 multiple-choice questions. So you can expect the same amount of questions in this year’s edition too. For each question you are provided five options from which you will have to choose one, which you think is correct or the best answer to the respective question.
- Sometimes you may get several questions based on one graph or a description of an experiment.
- All the questions will be limited within the spectrum of the undergraduate level field of psychology. So you need not fret about having to answer questions that are above the undergraduate standard.
- You can expect questions based on analyzing relationships, application of the psychological principles, drawing conclusions from given data, evaluating from research designs and identifying eminent scientists and psychologists who have made contributions to the field of psychology.