WGU - Intro to Psych 2025/2026 Exam
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Theorists related to behaviorism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔John b watson and bf
skinner
Theorists related to psychodynamic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sigmeud Freud
Behaviorism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the view that psychology (1) should be an
objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental
processes.
Psychodynamic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔term describes the perspective on
psychology in which inner feeling and unconscious are emphasized
,clinical psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies,
assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
educational psychologist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a psychologist who is concerned
with helping students learn
Psychotherapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an emotionally charged, confiding
interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from
psychological difficulties
Four approaches to research in psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Descriptive,
correlation, experimental, and case study
Descriptive psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Researchers enter
real life environment to study behavior in natural setting
Correlation psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Used to study
relationship of 2 potentially related variables
expiremental psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Observes the effects
of altering variables
Case study psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Focusing on single
subject observing their behaviors
, 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
independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔variable that is manipulated
dependent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The outcome factor; the variable that
may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Validity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability of a test to measure what it is intended
to measure
Reliability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔consistency of measurement
Reliability vs. Validity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-A test may be reliable without being
valid, but a test cannot be valid unless it is reliable
Hypothesis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An educated guess
Theory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range
of observations
IRB (Institutional Review Board) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Board that reviews
research proposals for ethical violations/procedural errors
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Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Theorists related to behaviorism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔John b watson and bf
skinner
Theorists related to psychodynamic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sigmeud Freud
Behaviorism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the view that psychology (1) should be an
objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental
processes.
Psychodynamic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔term describes the perspective on
psychology in which inner feeling and unconscious are emphasized
,clinical psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a branch of psychology that studies,
assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
educational psychologist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a psychologist who is concerned
with helping students learn
Psychotherapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an emotionally charged, confiding
interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from
psychological difficulties
Four approaches to research in psychology - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Descriptive,
correlation, experimental, and case study
Descriptive psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Researchers enter
real life environment to study behavior in natural setting
Correlation psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Used to study
relationship of 2 potentially related variables
expiremental psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Observes the effects
of altering variables
Case study psychological research - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Focusing on single
subject observing their behaviors
, 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
independent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔variable that is manipulated
dependent variable - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The outcome factor; the variable that
may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Validity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability of a test to measure what it is intended
to measure
Reliability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔consistency of measurement
Reliability vs. Validity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-A test may be reliable without being
valid, but a test cannot be valid unless it is reliable
Hypothesis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An educated guess
Theory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range
of observations
IRB (Institutional Review Board) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Board that reviews
research proposals for ethical violations/procedural errors
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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