WGU C802 TASK 1: EHR FUNCTIONS
ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ inside-outside validity (mixed research).
Answer: the degree to which the researcher accurately understands, uses,
and presents the participant's subjective insider (emic) views and
researcher's objective outsider (etic) view
◍ limitations of mixed methods research.
Answer: 1. METHODOLOGICAL PURISTS contend that one should
always work within either a qualitative or quantitative paradigm2. it is
DIFFICULT FOR A SINGLE RESEARCHER TO CARRY OUT both
qualitative and quantitative research, especially if two or more approaches
are expected to be done concurrently3. the researcher has to LEARN
ABOUT MULTIPLE METHODS AND APPROACHES AND understand
how to MIX THEM APPROPRIATELY4. it is MORE EXPENSIVE5. it is
MORE TIME-CONSUMING6. some of the DETAILS OF MIXED
RESEARCH REMAIN TO BE WORKED OUT by research methodologists
(e.g., problems of paradigm mixing, techniques for qualitatively analyzing
quantitative data, how to integrate data and inferences, and how to interpret
conflicting results.
◍ Cognitivist Theory.
Answer: A research approach that emphasizes how the human mind
receives, processes, stores, and retrieves information in learning and
retrieving information.
◍ Qualitative view of reality.
Answer: reality is socially constructed
,◍ Skinner's Theory.
Answer: Theory proposed that we learn language through association,
imitation and reinforcement
◍ Behaviorist Theory.
Answer: Personality is constructed by a series of learning experiences that
occur through interactions between the individual and their environment.
◍ Conventional.
Answer: Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social
order
◍ case study.
Answer: purpose: addressing research questions through in-depth
analysisorigin: multi-disciplinarydata collection and analysis: multiple
methods and data sources are used to answer specific questions about one or
more casesresearch report: rich, holistic narrative that triangulates data and
places the case into a meaningful context
◍ biased samples.
Answer: nonrandom samples are said to be biased samples because they are
almost always systematically different from the population on certain
characteristics
◍ Key features of Science.
Answer: 1. making empirical observations2. generating and testing
hypotheses (educated guesses)3. generating and testing theories
(explanations)4. attempting to predict and positively influence the world
◍ scientific methods (comparing all 4 types to research).
Answer: QUAN: quantitative/numerical descriptions, causal explanation,
and predictionQUAL: qualitative/subjective description, empathetic
understanding, and explorationMM: multiple objectives; provide complex
and fuller explanation and understanding; understand multiple
perspectivesA: identify and solve pressing issues within the educational
environment and community using quantitative, qualitative, or both
, approaches
◍ Cognitive Development.
Answer: the development of thinking, problem solving, and memory
◍ Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson).
Answer: Pre-school children initiating activities and asserting control.
◍ privacy.
Answer: the control of others' access to information about you
◍ research purpose.
Answer: the researcher's intent or objective in conducting their particular
study
◍ causal-comparative research.
Answer: examines the relationship between one or more categorical
independent variables and one or more quantitative dependent
variablesnon-experimental method
◍ Pre-operational Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from 2 years to 7 years, development of language, memory, and
imagination (symbolically)
◍ Preconventional.
Answer: Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and
punishments dominate moral thinking
◍ basic research.
Answer: generating fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding
about primary human functions and other natural processes.*Usually
conducted by using rigorous research methods (e.g. experimental) under
tightly controlled laboratory conditions.(opposite of applied)
◍ Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from birth to 2 years, motor activity
◍ Postconventional.
Answer: Right and wrong determined by society's rules which are viewed as
, fallible rather than absolute or by abstract ethical principles that emphasize
equality and justice
◍ Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson).
Answer: Erikson's second crisis of psychosocial development. Toddlers
either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of self-rule over their actions and
their bodies.
◍ Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from 7 years to 11 years, logical thinking
◍ Intimacy versus Isolation (Erikson).
Answer: Erikson's sixth stage of development. Adults see someone with
whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment.
Without such commitment, they risk profound aloneness and isolation.
◍ Vygotsky's language theory.
Answer: Social learning
◍ Vygotsky's Theory.
Answer: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture and
social interaction guide cognitive development.
◍ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development.
Answer: Developing children progress through a predictable sequence of
stages of moral reasoning (preconventional, conventional,
postconventional).
◍ Humanistic Theory.
Answer: An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life
rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human
dignity, individual choice, and self-worth
◍ monoanalysis.
Answer: if you only use one type of data analysis (only quantitative or only
qualitative)
◍ Industry versus Inferiority (Erikson).
ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ inside-outside validity (mixed research).
Answer: the degree to which the researcher accurately understands, uses,
and presents the participant's subjective insider (emic) views and
researcher's objective outsider (etic) view
◍ limitations of mixed methods research.
Answer: 1. METHODOLOGICAL PURISTS contend that one should
always work within either a qualitative or quantitative paradigm2. it is
DIFFICULT FOR A SINGLE RESEARCHER TO CARRY OUT both
qualitative and quantitative research, especially if two or more approaches
are expected to be done concurrently3. the researcher has to LEARN
ABOUT MULTIPLE METHODS AND APPROACHES AND understand
how to MIX THEM APPROPRIATELY4. it is MORE EXPENSIVE5. it is
MORE TIME-CONSUMING6. some of the DETAILS OF MIXED
RESEARCH REMAIN TO BE WORKED OUT by research methodologists
(e.g., problems of paradigm mixing, techniques for qualitatively analyzing
quantitative data, how to integrate data and inferences, and how to interpret
conflicting results.
◍ Cognitivist Theory.
Answer: A research approach that emphasizes how the human mind
receives, processes, stores, and retrieves information in learning and
retrieving information.
◍ Qualitative view of reality.
Answer: reality is socially constructed
,◍ Skinner's Theory.
Answer: Theory proposed that we learn language through association,
imitation and reinforcement
◍ Behaviorist Theory.
Answer: Personality is constructed by a series of learning experiences that
occur through interactions between the individual and their environment.
◍ Conventional.
Answer: Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social
order
◍ case study.
Answer: purpose: addressing research questions through in-depth
analysisorigin: multi-disciplinarydata collection and analysis: multiple
methods and data sources are used to answer specific questions about one or
more casesresearch report: rich, holistic narrative that triangulates data and
places the case into a meaningful context
◍ biased samples.
Answer: nonrandom samples are said to be biased samples because they are
almost always systematically different from the population on certain
characteristics
◍ Key features of Science.
Answer: 1. making empirical observations2. generating and testing
hypotheses (educated guesses)3. generating and testing theories
(explanations)4. attempting to predict and positively influence the world
◍ scientific methods (comparing all 4 types to research).
Answer: QUAN: quantitative/numerical descriptions, causal explanation,
and predictionQUAL: qualitative/subjective description, empathetic
understanding, and explorationMM: multiple objectives; provide complex
and fuller explanation and understanding; understand multiple
perspectivesA: identify and solve pressing issues within the educational
environment and community using quantitative, qualitative, or both
, approaches
◍ Cognitive Development.
Answer: the development of thinking, problem solving, and memory
◍ Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson).
Answer: Pre-school children initiating activities and asserting control.
◍ privacy.
Answer: the control of others' access to information about you
◍ research purpose.
Answer: the researcher's intent or objective in conducting their particular
study
◍ causal-comparative research.
Answer: examines the relationship between one or more categorical
independent variables and one or more quantitative dependent
variablesnon-experimental method
◍ Pre-operational Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from 2 years to 7 years, development of language, memory, and
imagination (symbolically)
◍ Preconventional.
Answer: Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and
punishments dominate moral thinking
◍ basic research.
Answer: generating fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding
about primary human functions and other natural processes.*Usually
conducted by using rigorous research methods (e.g. experimental) under
tightly controlled laboratory conditions.(opposite of applied)
◍ Sensorimotor Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from birth to 2 years, motor activity
◍ Postconventional.
Answer: Right and wrong determined by society's rules which are viewed as
, fallible rather than absolute or by abstract ethical principles that emphasize
equality and justice
◍ Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson).
Answer: Erikson's second crisis of psychosocial development. Toddlers
either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of self-rule over their actions and
their bodies.
◍ Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget).
Answer: from 7 years to 11 years, logical thinking
◍ Intimacy versus Isolation (Erikson).
Answer: Erikson's sixth stage of development. Adults see someone with
whom to share their lives in an enduring and self-sacrificing commitment.
Without such commitment, they risk profound aloneness and isolation.
◍ Vygotsky's language theory.
Answer: Social learning
◍ Vygotsky's Theory.
Answer: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture and
social interaction guide cognitive development.
◍ Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development.
Answer: Developing children progress through a predictable sequence of
stages of moral reasoning (preconventional, conventional,
postconventional).
◍ Humanistic Theory.
Answer: An explanation of behavior that emphasizes the entirety of life
rather than individual components of behavior and focuses on human
dignity, individual choice, and self-worth
◍ monoanalysis.
Answer: if you only use one type of data analysis (only quantitative or only
qualitative)
◍ Industry versus Inferiority (Erikson).
