PSY 3604 CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔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
✔✔Immigrant Paradox - ✔✔first generation immigrants have better health outcomes
than native born children
✔✔Clinical Assessment - ✔✔systematic evaluation of psychological, biological, and
social factors in an individual
✔✔Reliability - ✔✔degree to which a measurement is consistent
✔✔Validity - ✔✔whether something measures what it is designed to measure
✔✔Standardization - ✔✔standards/norms are determined for a technique to make it
consistent across multiple measurements
, ✔✔Projective Tests - ✔✔ambiguous stimuli presented to people and they describe what
they see (ex: inkblot test)
✔✔Personality Inventory - ✔✔self-report questionnaires that assess personality traits
(ex: MMPI)
✔✔Idiographic Strategy - ✔✔determining what is unique about a person's personality,
cultural background, or circumstances
✔✔Nomothetic Strategy (Diagnosis) - ✔✔naming/classifying the problem by looking at
presenting issues
✔✔Nosology - ✔✔applying taxonomy to psychological phenomenon
✔✔Classical Categorical Approach - ✔✔classifying by focusing on biological tradition -
allows for no interaction
✔✔Dimensional Approach - ✔✔classifying by noting the variety of cognitions, moods,
and behaviors to quantify a patient on a scale
✔✔Prototypical Approach - ✔✔classifying by identifying essential characteristics so you
can classify, but also allowing for non-essential things in the classification
✔✔DSM-III - ✔✔the DSM that became theoretical and focused on specificity, also
implemented the multi-axial system
✔✔DSM-IV - ✔✔the DSM that is empirically grounded, included inclusion/exclusion
criteria
✔✔DSM-5 - ✔✔the DSM that eliminated the 5 axis system and applies a more
dimensional approach
✔✔Internal Validity - ✔✔extent to which you can be confident that the IV causes the DV
✔✔External Validity - ✔✔extent to how well results can apply to things outside the study
✔✔Endophenotypes - ✔✔genetic mechanisms that contribute to problems causing a
symptom and the difficulties experienced by people with disorders
✔✔ Psychological Disorder - ✔✔psychological dysfunction within an individual
associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not
culturally expected
✔✔Psychopathology - ✔✔scientific study of psychological disorders
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔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
✔✔Immigrant Paradox - ✔✔first generation immigrants have better health outcomes
than native born children
✔✔Clinical Assessment - ✔✔systematic evaluation of psychological, biological, and
social factors in an individual
✔✔Reliability - ✔✔degree to which a measurement is consistent
✔✔Validity - ✔✔whether something measures what it is designed to measure
✔✔Standardization - ✔✔standards/norms are determined for a technique to make it
consistent across multiple measurements
, ✔✔Projective Tests - ✔✔ambiguous stimuli presented to people and they describe what
they see (ex: inkblot test)
✔✔Personality Inventory - ✔✔self-report questionnaires that assess personality traits
(ex: MMPI)
✔✔Idiographic Strategy - ✔✔determining what is unique about a person's personality,
cultural background, or circumstances
✔✔Nomothetic Strategy (Diagnosis) - ✔✔naming/classifying the problem by looking at
presenting issues
✔✔Nosology - ✔✔applying taxonomy to psychological phenomenon
✔✔Classical Categorical Approach - ✔✔classifying by focusing on biological tradition -
allows for no interaction
✔✔Dimensional Approach - ✔✔classifying by noting the variety of cognitions, moods,
and behaviors to quantify a patient on a scale
✔✔Prototypical Approach - ✔✔classifying by identifying essential characteristics so you
can classify, but also allowing for non-essential things in the classification
✔✔DSM-III - ✔✔the DSM that became theoretical and focused on specificity, also
implemented the multi-axial system
✔✔DSM-IV - ✔✔the DSM that is empirically grounded, included inclusion/exclusion
criteria
✔✔DSM-5 - ✔✔the DSM that eliminated the 5 axis system and applies a more
dimensional approach
✔✔Internal Validity - ✔✔extent to which you can be confident that the IV causes the DV
✔✔External Validity - ✔✔extent to how well results can apply to things outside the study
✔✔Endophenotypes - ✔✔genetic mechanisms that contribute to problems causing a
symptom and the difficulties experienced by people with disorders
✔✔ Psychological Disorder - ✔✔psychological dysfunction within an individual
associated with distress or impairment in functioning and a response that is not
culturally expected
✔✔Psychopathology - ✔✔scientific study of psychological disorders
