WGU D574 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OA WESTERN
GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY 2025
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 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
⩥ terminal buttons. Answer: Small knobs at the end of axons that secrete
chemicals called neurotransmitters
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OA WESTERN
GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY 2025
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 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
⩥ terminal buttons. Answer: Small knobs at the end of axons that secrete
chemicals called neurotransmitters
