WGU Psychology - ALL Modules
Theorists related to behaviorism - ✔✔ correct answer John b watson and bf skinner
Theorists related to psychodynamic - ✔✔ correct answer Sigmeud Freud
Behaviorism - ✔✔ correct answer the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that
(2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Psychodynamic - ✔✔ correct answer term describes the perspective on psychology in which inner
feeling and unconscious are emphasized
clinical psychology - ✔✔ correct answer a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats
people with psychological disorders
educational psychologist - ✔✔ correct answer a psychologist who is concerned with helping students
learn
Psychotherapy - ✔✔ correct answer an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained
therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
Four approaches to research in psychology - ✔✔ correct answer Descriptive, correlation,
experimental, and case study
Descriptive psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Researchers enter real life environment to
study behavior in natural setting
Correlation psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Used to study relationship of 2 potentially
related variables
expiremental psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Observes the effects of altering variables
Case study psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Focusing on single subject observing their
behaviors
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informed consent - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer variable that is manipulated
dependent variable - ✔✔ correct answer The outcome factor; the variable that may change in
response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Validity - ✔✔ correct answer The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Reliability - ✔✔ correct answer consistency of measurement
Reliability vs. Validity - ✔✔ correct answer -A test may be reliable without being valid, but a test
cannot be valid unless it is reliable
Hypothesis - ✔✔ correct answer An educated guess
Theory - ✔✔ correct answer well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
IRB (Institutional Review Board) - ✔✔ correct answer Board that reviews research proposals for
ethical violations/procedural errors
terminal buttons - ✔✔ correct answer Small knobs at the end of axons that secrete chemicals called
neurotransmitters
Dendrites - ✔✔ correct answer Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
information.
Axon - ✔✔ correct answer A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from
the cell body.
Acetylcholine - ✔✔ correct answer enables muscle action, learning, and memory
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Dopamine - ✔✔ correct answer influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Seratonin - ✔✔ correct answer Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Glutamine - ✔✔ correct answer the primary excitatory transmitter in the nervous system
Endorphins - ✔✔ correct answer natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to
pleasure
Gamma ambinobutyric acid (GABA) - ✔✔ correct answer Stops sending
Cerebellum - ✔✔ correct answer the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
corpus callosum - ✔✔ correct answer the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain
hemispheres and carrying messages between them
Thalamus - ✔✔ correct answer the brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it
directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum
and medulla
Hypothalamus - ✔✔ correct answer A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several
maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via
the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
Hippocampus - ✔✔ correct answer a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process
explicit memories for storage
Amygdala - ✔✔ correct answer A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion,
particularly fear and aggression.
occipital lobe - ✔✔ correct answer visual processing
temporal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer hearing and language
Theorists related to behaviorism - ✔✔ correct answer John b watson and bf skinner
Theorists related to psychodynamic - ✔✔ correct answer Sigmeud Freud
Behaviorism - ✔✔ correct answer the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that
(2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
Psychodynamic - ✔✔ correct answer term describes the perspective on psychology in which inner
feeling and unconscious are emphasized
clinical psychology - ✔✔ correct answer a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats
people with psychological disorders
educational psychologist - ✔✔ correct answer a psychologist who is concerned with helping students
learn
Psychotherapy - ✔✔ correct answer an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained
therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
Four approaches to research in psychology - ✔✔ correct answer Descriptive, correlation,
experimental, and case study
Descriptive psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Researchers enter real life environment to
study behavior in natural setting
Correlation psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Used to study relationship of 2 potentially
related variables
expiremental psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Observes the effects of altering variables
Case study psychological research - ✔✔ correct answer Focusing on single subject observing their
behaviors
,WGU Psychology - ALL Modules
informed consent - ✔✔ correct 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 - ✔✔ correct answer variable that is manipulated
dependent variable - ✔✔ correct answer The outcome factor; the variable that may change in
response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Validity - ✔✔ correct answer The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Reliability - ✔✔ correct answer consistency of measurement
Reliability vs. Validity - ✔✔ correct answer -A test may be reliable without being valid, but a test
cannot be valid unless it is reliable
Hypothesis - ✔✔ correct answer An educated guess
Theory - ✔✔ correct answer well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
IRB (Institutional Review Board) - ✔✔ correct answer Board that reviews research proposals for
ethical violations/procedural errors
terminal buttons - ✔✔ correct answer Small knobs at the end of axons that secrete chemicals called
neurotransmitters
Dendrites - ✔✔ correct answer Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
information.
Axon - ✔✔ correct answer A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from
the cell body.
Acetylcholine - ✔✔ correct answer enables muscle action, learning, and memory
, WGU Psychology - ALL Modules
Dopamine - ✔✔ correct answer influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion
Seratonin - ✔✔ correct answer Affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal
Glutamine - ✔✔ correct answer the primary excitatory transmitter in the nervous system
Endorphins - ✔✔ correct answer natural, opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and to
pleasure
Gamma ambinobutyric acid (GABA) - ✔✔ correct answer Stops sending
Cerebellum - ✔✔ correct answer the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include
processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance
corpus callosum - ✔✔ correct answer the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain
hemispheres and carrying messages between them
Thalamus - ✔✔ correct answer the brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it
directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum
and medulla
Hypothalamus - ✔✔ correct answer A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several
maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine system via
the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
Hippocampus - ✔✔ correct answer a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process
explicit memories for storage
Amygdala - ✔✔ correct answer A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion,
particularly fear and aggression.
occipital lobe - ✔✔ correct answer visual processing
temporal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer hearing and language
