WGU C180 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

WGU C180 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026


What Cdo Cpsychologists Cstudy? C- CCORRECT CANSWER C–

• Biological CFoundations

• Mental CLife

• Change

• Self Cand COthers

• Potential Cand CDysfunction



What Cis Cthe Cscientific Cmethod Cand Chow Cis Cit Capplied Cto Cpsychological Cresearch? C- CCORRECT
ANSWER C-The Cscientific Cmethod Cis Cthe Cset Cof Cassumptions, Crules, Cand Cprocedures
Cscientists Cuse Cto Cconduct Cresearch. CIn Caddition Cto Crequiring Cthat Cscience Cis Cverifiable,
Cthe Cscientific Cmethod Cdemands Cthat Cprocedures Care Cfree Cof Cpersonal Cbias.




What Cis Cthe Cdefinition Cof Ca Chypothesis? C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-A Cspecific Cand Cfalsifiable
Cprediction Cabout Cthe Crelationship Cbetween Ctwo Cor Cmore Cvariables.




What Cis Can Coperational Cdefinition? CProvide Can Cexample. C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-An
Coperational Cdefinition Crefers Cto Ca Cprecise Cstatement Cof Chow Ca Cconceptual Cvariable C(
Cabstract Cidea Cthat Cform Cthe Cbasis Cof Cresearch Chypotheses C) Cwhich Cis Cturned Cinto Ca
Cmeasured Cvariable C( Cvarialbes Cconsisting Cof Cnumbers Cthat Crepresent Cthe Cconceptual
Cvariables C)

,(Conceptual CVariable) CDepression C- C(operational Cdefinition) CNumber Cof Cnegative Cwords Cused
Cin Ca Ccreative Cstory; Cnumber Cof Cappointments Cmade Cwith Ca Cpsychotherapist




Why Care Cethical Cguidelines Cneeded Cwithin Cpsychological Cresearch? C- CCORRECT
CANSWER C-These Care Cneeded Cwith Cpsychological Cresearch Cis Cthe Cprevent Cphysical
Cand/or Cemotional Charm Cto Cthe Cparticipants.

,What Care Cthe Cvarious Cresearch Cmethods Cin Cthe Cfield Cof Cpsychology? C- CCORRECT
CANSWER C- CDescriptive CResearch

Correlational

CResearch

CExperimental

CResearch




What Cis Cdescriptive Cresearch? C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-research Cdesigned Cto Cprovide Ca
Csnapshot Cof Cthe Ccurrent Cstate Cof Caffairs.




What Cis CCorrelational CResearch C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-research Cdesigned Cto Cdiscover
Crelationships Camong Cvariables Cand Cto Callow Cthe Cprediction Cof Cfuture Cevents Cfrom Cpresent
Cknowledge.




What Cis CExperimental CResearch C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-research Cin Cwhich Cthere Cis Ca
Crandom Cassignment Cof Cresearch Cparticipants Cinto Ctwo Cgroups. CThis Cis Cfollowed Cby Ca
Cmanipulation Cof Ca Cgiven Cexperience Cfor Cone Cgroup Cwhile Cthe Cother Cis Cnot
Cmanipulated. COne Cgroup Cis Cthe
experimental Cgroup Cthat Creceives Cthe Cmanipulation. CThe Cother Cgroup Cis Cthe Ccontrol
Cgroup Cthat Cdoes Cnot. CThe Ctwo Cgroups Care Cthen Ccompared Cto Cdetermine Cthe Cinfluence
Cof Cthe Cmanipulation.




What Cis Cthe Crelationship Cbetween Ca Cpopulation Cand Ca Csample? C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-
The Cpeople Cchosen Cto Cparticipate Cin Cthe Cresearch, Ccalled Ca Csample, Care Cselected Cto Cbe
Crepresentative Cof Call Cthe Cpeople Cthat Cthe Cresearcher Cwishes Cto Cknow Cabout, Ccalled
Cthe Cpopulation. C"Sampling Cis Cthe Cprocess Cof Cselecting Ca Crepresentative Cgroup Cfrom
Cthe Cpopulation Cunder Cstudy. CThe Ctarget Cpopulation Cis Cthe Ctotal Cgroup Cof Cindividuals
Cfrom Cwhich Cthe Csample Cmight Cbe Cdrawn. CA Csample Cis Cthe Cgroup Cof Cpeople Cwho Ctake
Cpart Cin Cthe Cinvestigation. CThe Cpeople Cwho Ctake Cpart Care Creferred Cto Cas C"participants"."




Independent CVariable C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-The Cvariable Cin Can Cexperiment Cthat Cis
Cmanipulated Cor Ccompared




Dependent CVariable C- CCORRECT CANSWER C-The Cvariable Cin Can Cexperiment Cthat Cis Cmeasured;

, Cthe Coutcome Cof Can Cexperiment