PSY 3604 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ego Psychology - ✔✔a branch of psychology that when the ego is inefficient,
individuals develop abnormal behaviors
✔✔Collective Unconscious - ✔✔the theory developed by Jung and Adler that wisdom is
accumulated via culture and passed down from generation to generation
✔✔Free Association - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where patients say
whatever comes to mind to reveal emotionally charged materials held in the
unconscious
✔✔Dream Analysis - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where the therapist
interprets dreams
✔✔Transference - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where patients begin to see
the therapist as a role model and important figure from childhood
✔✔Classical Conditioning - ✔✔developed by Pavlov where a neutral stimulus is paired
with a response until it elicits that response itself
✔✔Systematic Desensitization - ✔✔a therapy technique where the individual is
gradually introduced to objects and situations they fear so they can extinguish it
✔✔Multidimensional Integrative Approach - ✔✔a multidimensional view to abnormal
behavior which views disorders as an integration of biological, behavioral, cognitive,
emotional, social, cultural, and developmental models
✔✔Diathesis-Stress Model - ✔✔individuals inherit tendencies to express certain
traits/behaviors which can be activated under stress (ex: binge drinking in college
triggers alcoholism) *evidence of environment impacting genetic expression*
✔✔Gene-Environment Correlation Model - ✔✔genetics can increase the probability that
an individual will experience stressful life events (ex: if one has genetics for a disorder,
they may become more impulsive, which is more likely to trigger the disease)
✔✔Agonist - ✔✔increases the activity of a neurotransmitter
✔✔Antagonist - ✔✔decreases the activity of a neurotransmitter
✔✔Inverse Agonist - ✔✔produces the opposite effect of a neurotransmitter
, ✔✔Glutamate - ✔✔excitatory neurotransmitter that turns on other neurons, leading to
action
✔✔GABA - ✔✔inhibitory neurotransmitter that decreases firing potential
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔neurotransmitter responsible for processing information and
regulating mood, behavior, and thoughts
✔✔Norepinephrine - ✔✔neurotransmitter responsible for panic and moderating
behavior
✔✔Dopamine - ✔✔neurotransmitter that plays a significant role in depression and
schizophrenia
✔✔Learned Helplessness - ✔✔when animals encounter conditions they cannot control,
they give up (with humans, think depression)
✔✔Modeling - ✔✔animals learn by observing others (think Bandura)
✔✔Prepared Learning - ✔✔we are predisposed to be prepared for learning things vital
to our survival
✔✔Fight or Flight Response - ✔✔alarm reaction triggered during life threatening
emergencies
✔✔Emotion - ✔✔composed of behavior, physiology, and cognition
✔✔Equifinality - ✔✔considering a number of different paths to a given outcome
✔✔Humanistic Theory - ✔✔a method of therapy where one talks about what has
occurred in the environment and how they can strive for self-actualization
✔✔Multifinality - ✔✔one predictor can lead to multiple outcomes
✔✔"Missing Heritability" - ✔✔we cannot predict psychological variance on genes alone,
so we must look to the environment
✔✔Epigenetics - ✔✔the expression of genes depends on the type of cell and how it
responds, especially important early in development
✔✔Emic - ✔✔the description of a behavior that is meaningful and culturally specific (ex:
culture-bound illnesses)
✔✔Etic - ✔✔a description of behavior that is culturally neutral/universal
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ego Psychology - ✔✔a branch of psychology that when the ego is inefficient,
individuals develop abnormal behaviors
✔✔Collective Unconscious - ✔✔the theory developed by Jung and Adler that wisdom is
accumulated via culture and passed down from generation to generation
✔✔Free Association - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where patients say
whatever comes to mind to reveal emotionally charged materials held in the
unconscious
✔✔Dream Analysis - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where the therapist
interprets dreams
✔✔Transference - ✔✔a psychoanalytic therapy technique where patients begin to see
the therapist as a role model and important figure from childhood
✔✔Classical Conditioning - ✔✔developed by Pavlov where a neutral stimulus is paired
with a response until it elicits that response itself
✔✔Systematic Desensitization - ✔✔a therapy technique where the individual is
gradually introduced to objects and situations they fear so they can extinguish it
✔✔Multidimensional Integrative Approach - ✔✔a multidimensional view to abnormal
behavior which views disorders as an integration of biological, behavioral, cognitive,
emotional, social, cultural, and developmental models
✔✔Diathesis-Stress Model - ✔✔individuals inherit tendencies to express certain
traits/behaviors which can be activated under stress (ex: binge drinking in college
triggers alcoholism) *evidence of environment impacting genetic expression*
✔✔Gene-Environment Correlation Model - ✔✔genetics can increase the probability that
an individual will experience stressful life events (ex: if one has genetics for a disorder,
they may become more impulsive, which is more likely to trigger the disease)
✔✔Agonist - ✔✔increases the activity of a neurotransmitter
✔✔Antagonist - ✔✔decreases the activity of a neurotransmitter
✔✔Inverse Agonist - ✔✔produces the opposite effect of a neurotransmitter
, ✔✔Glutamate - ✔✔excitatory neurotransmitter that turns on other neurons, leading to
action
✔✔GABA - ✔✔inhibitory neurotransmitter that decreases firing potential
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔neurotransmitter responsible for processing information and
regulating mood, behavior, and thoughts
✔✔Norepinephrine - ✔✔neurotransmitter responsible for panic and moderating
behavior
✔✔Dopamine - ✔✔neurotransmitter that plays a significant role in depression and
schizophrenia
✔✔Learned Helplessness - ✔✔when animals encounter conditions they cannot control,
they give up (with humans, think depression)
✔✔Modeling - ✔✔animals learn by observing others (think Bandura)
✔✔Prepared Learning - ✔✔we are predisposed to be prepared for learning things vital
to our survival
✔✔Fight or Flight Response - ✔✔alarm reaction triggered during life threatening
emergencies
✔✔Emotion - ✔✔composed of behavior, physiology, and cognition
✔✔Equifinality - ✔✔considering a number of different paths to a given outcome
✔✔Humanistic Theory - ✔✔a method of therapy where one talks about what has
occurred in the environment and how they can strive for self-actualization
✔✔Multifinality - ✔✔one predictor can lead to multiple outcomes
✔✔"Missing Heritability" - ✔✔we cannot predict psychological variance on genes alone,
so we must look to the environment
✔✔Epigenetics - ✔✔the expression of genes depends on the type of cell and how it
responds, especially important early in development
✔✔Emic - ✔✔the description of a behavior that is meaningful and culturally specific (ex:
culture-bound illnesses)
✔✔Etic - ✔✔a description of behavior that is culturally neutral/universal
