WGU C180 Foundations of
Psychology Test Bank | Updated
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‣ B.F Skinner . Answer: key figure in the development of the behaviorist
school of psychological thought?
‣ Sigmund Freud . Answer: key figure in the development of
psychoanalysis?
‣ Psychological . Answer: Need must be met before the need for
belongingness and love can be satisfied?
‣ As age increases the level of life satisfaction also increases . Answer:
Positive correlation between age and life satisfaction, what conclusion
does the correlation support?
‣ By collecting all the data from experiments before running the
statistics . Answer: psychological researchers can reduce the impact of
their own biases by?
‣ Case Study . Answer: in depth examination of a specific person, group,
event etc to gain understanding.
,‣ Participants should be protected from needless harm . Answer: which
principle should be established in psychological study?
‣ Hippocampus . Answer: region of the brain associated primarily with
memory.
‣ Cerebellum Influence . Answer: Balance and fine motor movement
‣ Pleasure Hypothalamus . Answer: Area of the brain that controls body
temparature, hunger and thirst.
‣ Memory . Answer: what does the hippocampus influence?
‣ Testes . Answer: structure associated with reproduction in males
‣ Neurotransmitter Serotonin . Answer: it affects mood
‣ Acetylcholine . Answer: Neurotransmitter enables muscle action
‣ Sympathetic Nervous System . Answer: Integral in activating the
body's fight or flight response
‣ Ivan Pavlov . Answer: Devoted career to advancing science around
digestive secretions and later behavioral studies.
, ‣ Conditioned Response . Answer: In Pavlov's Original demonstration of
classical conditioning, what did the dogs' salivation to the ringing of the
bell represent
‣ Ivan Pavlov . Answer: classical conditioning and how learning occurs
through association of the stimuli
‣ Which schedule of positive reinforcement shouold be most helpful to
parents wanting to achieve rapid learning . Answer: the parents should
use continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid
learning
‣ Implicit Memory . Answer: Long-term memory is that acquired and
used without conscious awareness. or ( unconscious or automatic
memory)
‣ Storage Decay . Answer: Gradual fading of information stored in the
brain. ( Memory fades over time)
‣ Long Term Memory . Answer: Crucial part of our memory, permanent
store for information and experiences that can be recalled later
‣ Short term memory . Answer: type of memory holds information until
it can be encoded
‣ Sigmund Freud . Answer: theorist that claims personality derives from
sexually charged subconscious forces
Psychology Test Bank | Updated
Questions and Answers Review
‣ B.F Skinner . Answer: key figure in the development of the behaviorist
school of psychological thought?
‣ Sigmund Freud . Answer: key figure in the development of
psychoanalysis?
‣ Psychological . Answer: Need must be met before the need for
belongingness and love can be satisfied?
‣ As age increases the level of life satisfaction also increases . Answer:
Positive correlation between age and life satisfaction, what conclusion
does the correlation support?
‣ By collecting all the data from experiments before running the
statistics . Answer: psychological researchers can reduce the impact of
their own biases by?
‣ Case Study . Answer: in depth examination of a specific person, group,
event etc to gain understanding.
,‣ Participants should be protected from needless harm . Answer: which
principle should be established in psychological study?
‣ Hippocampus . Answer: region of the brain associated primarily with
memory.
‣ Cerebellum Influence . Answer: Balance and fine motor movement
‣ Pleasure Hypothalamus . Answer: Area of the brain that controls body
temparature, hunger and thirst.
‣ Memory . Answer: what does the hippocampus influence?
‣ Testes . Answer: structure associated with reproduction in males
‣ Neurotransmitter Serotonin . Answer: it affects mood
‣ Acetylcholine . Answer: Neurotransmitter enables muscle action
‣ Sympathetic Nervous System . Answer: Integral in activating the
body's fight or flight response
‣ Ivan Pavlov . Answer: Devoted career to advancing science around
digestive secretions and later behavioral studies.
, ‣ Conditioned Response . Answer: In Pavlov's Original demonstration of
classical conditioning, what did the dogs' salivation to the ringing of the
bell represent
‣ Ivan Pavlov . Answer: classical conditioning and how learning occurs
through association of the stimuli
‣ Which schedule of positive reinforcement shouold be most helpful to
parents wanting to achieve rapid learning . Answer: the parents should
use continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid
learning
‣ Implicit Memory . Answer: Long-term memory is that acquired and
used without conscious awareness. or ( unconscious or automatic
memory)
‣ Storage Decay . Answer: Gradual fading of information stored in the
brain. ( Memory fades over time)
‣ Long Term Memory . Answer: Crucial part of our memory, permanent
store for information and experiences that can be recalled later
‣ Short term memory . Answer: type of memory holds information until
it can be encoded
‣ Sigmund Freud . Answer: theorist that claims personality derives from
sexually charged subconscious forces
