WGU PSYCHOLOGY - ALL MODULES
/GRADED A+
1. Theorists related to behaviorism - ANSWER-John b watson and bf
skinner
2. Theorists related to psychodynamic - ANSWER-Sigmeud Freud
3. Behaviorism - ANSWER-the view that psychology (1) should be an
objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental
processes.
4. Psychodynamic - ANSWER-term describes the perspective on
psychology in which inner feeling and unconscious are emphasized
5. clinical psychology - ANSWER-a branch of psychology that studies,
assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
6. educational psychologist - ANSWER-a psychologist who is concerned
with helping students learn
7. Psychotherapy - ANSWER-an emotionally charged, confiding interaction
between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from
psychological difficulties
8. Four approaches to research in psychology - ANSWER-Descriptive,
correlation, experimental, and case study
9. Descriptive psychological research - ANSWER-Researchers enter real
life environment to study behavior in natural setting
,10. Correlation psychological research - ANSWER-Used to study
relationship of 2 potentially related variables
11. expiremental psychological research - ANSWER-Observes the
effects of altering variables
12. Case study psychological research - ANSWER-Focusing on single
subject observing their behaviors
13. informed consent - ANSWER-an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they
wish to participate suck as risks confidentiality and ability to withdraw
14. independent variable - ANSWER-variable that is manipulated
15. dependent variable - ANSWER-The outcome factor; the variable
that may change in response to manipulations of the independent
variable.
16. Validity - ANSWER-The ability of a test to measure what it is
intended to measure
17. Reliability - ANSWER-consistency of measurement
18. Reliability vs. Validity - ANSWER--A test may be reliable without
being valid, but a test cannot be valid unless it is reliable
19. Hypothesis - ANSWER-An educated guess
, 20. Theory - ANSWER-well-tested explanation that unifies a broad
range of observations
21. IRB (Institutional Review Board) - ANSWER-Board that reviews
research proposals for ethical violations/procedural errors
22. terminal buttons - ANSWER-Small knobs at the end of axons that
secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters
23. Dendrites - ANSWER-Branchlike parts of a neuron that are
specialized to receive information.
24. Axon - ANSWER-A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries
nerve impulses away from the cell body.
25. Acetylcholine - ANSWER-enables muscle action, learning, and
memory
26. Dopamine - ANSWER-influences movement, learning, attention,
and emotion
27. Seratonin - ANSWER-Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
28. Glutamine - ANSWER-the primary excitatory transmitter in the
nervous system
29. Endorphins - ANSWER-natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters
linked to pain control and to pleasure
30. Gamma ambinobutyric acid (GABA) - ANSWER-Stops sending
/GRADED A+
1. Theorists related to behaviorism - ANSWER-John b watson and bf
skinner
2. Theorists related to psychodynamic - ANSWER-Sigmeud Freud
3. Behaviorism - ANSWER-the view that psychology (1) should be an
objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental
processes.
4. Psychodynamic - ANSWER-term describes the perspective on
psychology in which inner feeling and unconscious are emphasized
5. clinical psychology - ANSWER-a branch of psychology that studies,
assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
6. educational psychologist - ANSWER-a psychologist who is concerned
with helping students learn
7. Psychotherapy - ANSWER-an emotionally charged, confiding interaction
between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from
psychological difficulties
8. Four approaches to research in psychology - ANSWER-Descriptive,
correlation, experimental, and case study
9. Descriptive psychological research - ANSWER-Researchers enter real
life environment to study behavior in natural setting
,10. Correlation psychological research - ANSWER-Used to study
relationship of 2 potentially related variables
11. expiremental psychological research - ANSWER-Observes the
effects of altering variables
12. Case study psychological research - ANSWER-Focusing on single
subject observing their behaviors
13. informed consent - ANSWER-an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they
wish to participate suck as risks confidentiality and ability to withdraw
14. independent variable - ANSWER-variable that is manipulated
15. dependent variable - ANSWER-The outcome factor; the variable
that may change in response to manipulations of the independent
variable.
16. Validity - ANSWER-The ability of a test to measure what it is
intended to measure
17. Reliability - ANSWER-consistency of measurement
18. Reliability vs. Validity - ANSWER--A test may be reliable without
being valid, but a test cannot be valid unless it is reliable
19. Hypothesis - ANSWER-An educated guess
, 20. Theory - ANSWER-well-tested explanation that unifies a broad
range of observations
21. IRB (Institutional Review Board) - ANSWER-Board that reviews
research proposals for ethical violations/procedural errors
22. terminal buttons - ANSWER-Small knobs at the end of axons that
secrete chemicals called neurotransmitters
23. Dendrites - ANSWER-Branchlike parts of a neuron that are
specialized to receive information.
24. Axon - ANSWER-A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries
nerve impulses away from the cell body.
25. Acetylcholine - ANSWER-enables muscle action, learning, and
memory
26. Dopamine - ANSWER-influences movement, learning, attention,
and emotion
27. Seratonin - ANSWER-Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
28. Glutamine - ANSWER-the primary excitatory transmitter in the
nervous system
29. Endorphins - ANSWER-natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters
linked to pain control and to pleasure
30. Gamma ambinobutyric acid (GABA) - ANSWER-Stops sending
