WGU ED PSYCH OVERALL TERMS AND
THEORIES EXAM WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Sensorimotor - ✔✔Piaget Stage I; No object permanence. Learn through senses.
Preoperational - ✔✔Piaget Stage II. Symbolic thinking, Egocentric
Concrete Operational - ✔✔Piaget Stage III. Decentralized thinking. Beginning of
logical thought. No abstract thinking. Can reverse operations.
Formal Operational - ✔✔Piaget Stage IV: Abstract, purely symbolic thought.
Systematic exploration of problems. Logical, rational thought.
Trust / mistrust - ✔✔Erikson Stage I: To get / To give
Autonomy / doubt - ✔✔Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Initiative / guilt - ✔✔Erikson Stage III: Go after (make) / Play (make like)
,Industry / inferiority - ✔✔Erikson Stage IV: Make things / make things
*together*
Identity / role confusion - ✔✔Erikson Stage V: To be oneself (or not) / Share
being oneself
Intimacy / isolation - ✔✔Erikson Stage VI: Lose / find oneself in another.
Generativity / Self-absorption - ✔✔Erikson Stage VII: Taking care of others,
creating a family
Integrity / despair - ✔✔Erikson Stage VIII: End of life, looking back. To face
"not being"
Heteronomous Morality - ✔✔Piaget's Moral Development; Rules are inflexible,
Consequences are automatic
Autonomous Morality - ✔✔Piaget's Moral Development; Rational moral attitude,
rules are agreed on & flexible. Consequences are given by other people.
Preconventional Morality - ✔✔Kohlberg I:Punishment/Obedience orientation.
Self-interest "You scratch my back"
,Conventional Morality - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Kohlberg III: Laws can change for good of
society & individual. Principles are abstract & ethical, not specific
Foreclosure - ✔✔Marcia I: Premature identity establishment based on parents.
Identity diffusion - ✔✔Marcia II: No direction or commitment, no decisions. No
resolutions
Moratorium - ✔✔Marcia III: Experimentation w/ choices. No commitments.
Examination of alternate life choices
Identity Achievement - ✔✔Marcia IV: Has made own clear-cut decisions,
autonomous & freely made.
Premack Principle - ✔✔"Grandma's Rule" - promotion of behavior by having it
lead to something more pleasant
Reinforcer - ✔✔Something that promotes a behavior and/or increases its
frequency
Punisher - ✔✔Something that weakens a behavior or reduces frequency.
, Sensory Register - ✔✔First component of memory system; receives incoming
information. Retains for only a few seconds.
Working Memory - ✔✔Active memory. Can hold 5-9 pieces of information,
retrieved from sensory register OR from long-term memory.
Long-term memory - ✔✔Theoretically unlimited memory storage.
Episodic Memory - ✔✔Storage of images / pictures or "movies" in one's mind.
Method of long-term memory storage.
Semantic memory - ✔✔Storage of facts & figures. Declarative memory. Long-
term storage of very organized concepts networked together.
Procedural memory - ✔✔Muscle memory, "how-to" - long-term storage of how to
do physical tasks.
Dual code Theory - ✔✔Information represented in both visual and auditory
formats will be recalled better.
Level-of-processing Theory - ✔✔Different levels of processing; highest levels are
retained better and involve giving meaning to something.
THEORIES EXAM WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Sensorimotor - ✔✔Piaget Stage I; No object permanence. Learn through senses.
Preoperational - ✔✔Piaget Stage II. Symbolic thinking, Egocentric
Concrete Operational - ✔✔Piaget Stage III. Decentralized thinking. Beginning of
logical thought. No abstract thinking. Can reverse operations.
Formal Operational - ✔✔Piaget Stage IV: Abstract, purely symbolic thought.
Systematic exploration of problems. Logical, rational thought.
Trust / mistrust - ✔✔Erikson Stage I: To get / To give
Autonomy / doubt - ✔✔Erikson Stage II: Hold on / Let go
Initiative / guilt - ✔✔Erikson Stage III: Go after (make) / Play (make like)
,Industry / inferiority - ✔✔Erikson Stage IV: Make things / make things
*together*
Identity / role confusion - ✔✔Erikson Stage V: To be oneself (or not) / Share
being oneself
Intimacy / isolation - ✔✔Erikson Stage VI: Lose / find oneself in another.
Generativity / Self-absorption - ✔✔Erikson Stage VII: Taking care of others,
creating a family
Integrity / despair - ✔✔Erikson Stage VIII: End of life, looking back. To face
"not being"
Heteronomous Morality - ✔✔Piaget's Moral Development; Rules are inflexible,
Consequences are automatic
Autonomous Morality - ✔✔Piaget's Moral Development; Rational moral attitude,
rules are agreed on & flexible. Consequences are given by other people.
Preconventional Morality - ✔✔Kohlberg I:Punishment/Obedience orientation.
Self-interest "You scratch my back"
,Conventional Morality - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Kohlberg III: Laws can change for good of
society & individual. Principles are abstract & ethical, not specific
Foreclosure - ✔✔Marcia I: Premature identity establishment based on parents.
Identity diffusion - ✔✔Marcia II: No direction or commitment, no decisions. No
resolutions
Moratorium - ✔✔Marcia III: Experimentation w/ choices. No commitments.
Examination of alternate life choices
Identity Achievement - ✔✔Marcia IV: Has made own clear-cut decisions,
autonomous & freely made.
Premack Principle - ✔✔"Grandma's Rule" - promotion of behavior by having it
lead to something more pleasant
Reinforcer - ✔✔Something that promotes a behavior and/or increases its
frequency
Punisher - ✔✔Something that weakens a behavior or reduces frequency.
, Sensory Register - ✔✔First component of memory system; receives incoming
information. Retains for only a few seconds.
Working Memory - ✔✔Active memory. Can hold 5-9 pieces of information,
retrieved from sensory register OR from long-term memory.
Long-term memory - ✔✔Theoretically unlimited memory storage.
Episodic Memory - ✔✔Storage of images / pictures or "movies" in one's mind.
Method of long-term memory storage.
Semantic memory - ✔✔Storage of facts & figures. Declarative memory. Long-
term storage of very organized concepts networked together.
Procedural memory - ✔✔Muscle memory, "how-to" - long-term storage of how to
do physical tasks.
Dual code Theory - ✔✔Information represented in both visual and auditory
formats will be recalled better.
Level-of-processing Theory - ✔✔Different levels of processing; highest levels are
retained better and involve giving meaning to something.
