WGU Ed Psych overall
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with 100% correct
answers
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Sensorimotor - answer Piaget Stage I; No object permanence.
Learn through senses.
Preoperational - answer Piaget Stage II. Symbolic thinking,
Egocentric
Concrete Operational - answer Piaget Stage III. Decentralized
thinking. Beginning of logical thought. No abstract thinking. Can
reverse operations.
Formal Operational - answer Piaget Stage IV: Abstract, purely
symbolic thought. Systematic exploration of problems. Logical,
rational thought.
Trust / mistrust - answer Erikson Stage I: To get / To give
,Autonomy / doubt - answer Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Initiative / guilt - answer Erikson Stage III: Go after (make) / Play
(make like)
Industry / inferiority - answer Erikson Stage IV: Make things / make
things *together*
Identity / role confusion - answer Erikson Stage V: To be oneself
(or not) / Share being oneself
Intimacy / isolation - answer Erikson Stage VI: Lose / find oneself
in another.
Generativity / Self-absorption - answer Erikson Stage VII: Taking
care of others, creating a family
Integrity / despair - answer Erikson Stage VIII: End of life, looking
back. To face "not being"
Heteronomous Morality - answer Piaget's Moral Development;
Rules are inflexible, Consequences are automatic
Autonomous Morality - answer Piaget's Moral Development;
Rational moral attitude, rules are agreed on & flexible.
Consequences are given by other people.
,Preconventional Morality - answer Kohlberg
I:Punishment/Obedience orientation. Self-interest "You scratch my
back"
Conventional Morality - answer Kohlberg II: Individual may be
willing to put group ahead of self. Approval earned by being
"nice." Emphasis on duty, respect for authority, maintaining order.
Postconventional Morality - answer Kohlberg III: Laws can change
for good of society & individual. Principles are abstract & ethical,
not specific
Foreclosure - answer Marcia I: Premature identity establishment
based on parents.
Identity diffusion - answer Marcia II: No direction or commitment,
no decisions. No resolutions
Moratorium - answer Marcia III: Experimentation w/ choices. No
commitments. Examination of alternate life choices
Identity Achievement - answer Marcia IV: Has made own clear-cut
decisions, autonomous & freely made.
Premack Principle - answer "Grandma's Rule" - promotion of
behavior by having it lead to something more pleasant
, Reinforcer - answer Something that promotes a behavior and/or
increases its frequency
Punisher - answer Something that weakens a behavior or reduces
frequency.
Sensory Register - answer First component of memory system;
receives incoming information. Retains for only a few seconds.
Working Memory - answer Active memory. Can hold 5-9 pieces of
information, retrieved from sensory register OR from long-term
memory.
Long-term memory - answer Theoretically unlimited memory
storage.
Episodic Memory - answer Storage of images / pictures or
"movies" in one's mind. Method of long-term memory storage.
Semantic memory - answer Storage of facts & figures. Declarative
memory. Long-term storage of very organized concepts
networked together.
Procedural memory - answer Muscle memory, "how-to" - long-
term storage of how to do physical tasks.
terms and theories
with 100% correct
answers
( GUARANTEED
SUCCESS )
Sensorimotor - answer Piaget Stage I; No object permanence.
Learn through senses.
Preoperational - answer Piaget Stage II. Symbolic thinking,
Egocentric
Concrete Operational - answer Piaget Stage III. Decentralized
thinking. Beginning of logical thought. No abstract thinking. Can
reverse operations.
Formal Operational - answer Piaget Stage IV: Abstract, purely
symbolic thought. Systematic exploration of problems. Logical,
rational thought.
Trust / mistrust - answer Erikson Stage I: To get / To give
,Autonomy / doubt - answer Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Initiative / guilt - answer Erikson Stage III: Go after (make) / Play
(make like)
Industry / inferiority - answer Erikson Stage IV: Make things / make
things *together*
Identity / role confusion - answer Erikson Stage V: To be oneself
(or not) / Share being oneself
Intimacy / isolation - answer Erikson Stage VI: Lose / find oneself
in another.
Generativity / Self-absorption - answer Erikson Stage VII: Taking
care of others, creating a family
Integrity / despair - answer Erikson Stage VIII: End of life, looking
back. To face "not being"
Heteronomous Morality - answer Piaget's Moral Development;
Rules are inflexible, Consequences are automatic
Autonomous Morality - answer Piaget's Moral Development;
Rational moral attitude, rules are agreed on & flexible.
Consequences are given by other people.
,Preconventional Morality - answer Kohlberg
I:Punishment/Obedience orientation. Self-interest "You scratch my
back"
Conventional Morality - answer Kohlberg II: Individual may be
willing to put group ahead of self. Approval earned by being
"nice." Emphasis on duty, respect for authority, maintaining order.
Postconventional Morality - answer Kohlberg III: Laws can change
for good of society & individual. Principles are abstract & ethical,
not specific
Foreclosure - answer Marcia I: Premature identity establishment
based on parents.
Identity diffusion - answer Marcia II: No direction or commitment,
no decisions. No resolutions
Moratorium - answer Marcia III: Experimentation w/ choices. No
commitments. Examination of alternate life choices
Identity Achievement - answer Marcia IV: Has made own clear-cut
decisions, autonomous & freely made.
Premack Principle - answer "Grandma's Rule" - promotion of
behavior by having it lead to something more pleasant
, Reinforcer - answer Something that promotes a behavior and/or
increases its frequency
Punisher - answer Something that weakens a behavior or reduces
frequency.
Sensory Register - answer First component of memory system;
receives incoming information. Retains for only a few seconds.
Working Memory - answer Active memory. Can hold 5-9 pieces of
information, retrieved from sensory register OR from long-term
memory.
Long-term memory - answer Theoretically unlimited memory
storage.
Episodic Memory - answer Storage of images / pictures or
"movies" in one's mind. Method of long-term memory storage.
Semantic memory - answer Storage of facts & figures. Declarative
memory. Long-term storage of very organized concepts
networked together.
Procedural memory - answer Muscle memory, "how-to" - long-
term storage of how to do physical tasks.
