PSY-3212 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Psychopathology, Cognitive Psychology, Nomothetic
Exam 1 Study Guide
This 50-item, multiple-choice exam will cover content from chapters 1-4. You will take the exam
on AsULearn, and it will be open from Wed, 9/2 at 9:00am until Fri., 9/4 at 11:59pm. You will
have 60 minutes to complete the exam once you start it. Immediately after you finish, you will be
able to see how many points you earned, but you will not see full feedback until after the exam is
closed. You MAY use your textbook and other class resources (notes, etc.).
Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior in Historical Context
• Understand the factors that make up abnormality
• Be familiar with what makes something a psychological disorder, according to the text.
• Be able to identify key characteristics of major content domains in psychology (e.g.,
developmental, biological, and sociocultural
• Be able to recognize major historical events and theoretical perspectives in psychology and
their links to trends in contemporary research
• Be familiar with the Rosenhan article (“Being sane in insane places”)
Chapter 2: An Integrative Approach to Psychopathology
• Understand the distinction between one-dimensional and multidimensional models
• Be familiar with the diathesis-stress model and the reciprocal gene-environment model
• Be able to summarize the role of biology & genetics on psychopathology
• Understand what emotion is and how it relates to psychopathology and health
• Be familiar with how cultural, social, and interpersonal factors relate to psychopathology
• Understand the contributions of behavioral and cognitive psychology to psychopathology
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
• Understand reliability, validity, and standardization
• Be familiar with key components of psychological assessment (e.g., mental status exam,
clinical interview, etc.)
• Understand the process and purpose of a behavioral assessment
• Be able to apply the “reactivity phenomenon”
• Be able to identify various types of psychological tests in examples (e.g., projective tests,
IQ tests, neuropsychological tests, etc.)
• Understand categorical v. dimensional approaches to diagnosis
• Understand idiographic v. nomothetic strategies of diagnosis
• Be able to summarize how the DSM-5 is different from the previous version
Chapter 4: Research Methods in Psychopathology
• Understand key concepts in research, including internal and external validity, IVs vs.
DVs, hypotheses, and statistical vs. clinical significance
• Understand the patient uniformity myth
• Be able to identify research methods discussed in the text (e.g., case study, correlational,
experimental) and key concepts related to those methods (e.g., control group, placebo,
randomization). Note – you will not have to identify specific types of single-case
experimental designs.
Document Summary
This 50-item, multiple-choice exam will cover content from chapters 1-4. You will take the exam on asulearn, and it will be open from wed, 9/2 at 9:00am until fri. , 9/4 at 11:59pm. You will have 60 minutes to complete the exam once you start it. Immediately after you finish, you will be able to see how many points you earned, but you will not see full feedback until after the exam is closed. You may use your textbook and other class resources (notes, etc. Iq tests, neuropsychological tests, etc. : understand categorical v. dimensional approaches to diagnosis, understand idiographic v. nomothetic strategies of diagnosis, be able to summarize how the dsm-5 is different from the previous version. Chapter 4: research methods in psychopathology: understand key concepts in research, including internal and external validity, ivs vs.
