The GRE Subject Test in Psychology is administered by Educational Testing Service. It's purpose is to assess the degree of knowledge acquired by those psychology majors who wish to go on to graduate school. There are different factors which contribute to one's acceptance or rejection to graduate programs.These test results are used by graduate programs as a component in the decision-making process.

The test itself is a combination of all areas relevant to psychology. The percentage of topical questions vary with each exam month (October, December, April), so the test is different each time it is administered. The areas covered on the exam are as follows:

• Physiological and Comparitive Psychology
• Sensation and perception
• Developmental psychology
• Learning and motivation
• Cognition and human learning
• Abnormal psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Psychopathology'
• Personality psychology
• Social psychology
• Applied psychology
• Methodology

What is the test format?

The test consists of about 200 questions (214 were on the April 1999 exam). The test itself is a multiple-choice format. The questions themselves involve either direct recall of information, or interpretation of information presented to you. The duration of the exam is 2 hours and 50 minutes, with no timed sections.