GRE Subject Tests - Psychology

Most editions of the test consist of approximately 205 multiple-choice questions. Each question in the test has five options from which the examinee is to select the one option that is the correct or best answer to the question.

The Psychology Test generates two subscores besides the total score. Even though the test offers only two subscores, there are questions in three content categories:

Experimental or natural science oriented (about 40 percent of the questions)

Social or social science oriented (about 43 percent of the questions)

General (about 17 percent of the questions)

The approximate distribution of questions according to content categories is indicated by the following outline:

              I.      EXPERIMENTAL SUBSCORE — 40%

           II.      SOCIAL SUBSCORE — 43%

         III.      OTHER AREAS — 17%