WGU psychology c180
What is the independent variable - ✔✔ correct answer the cause of change
What is the dependent variable - ✔✔ correct answer the effect
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment - ✔✔ correct answer correlation
discovers relationship among variables and predicts future events. Experiment provides more definitive
conclusion from causal relationship.
How is a sample different from a population - ✔✔ correct answer smaller subset of population
List 2 issues in conducting ethical research in psychology - ✔✔ correct answer Prevent harm and free
choice.
Hypothalamus - ✔✔ correct answer pleasurable activities associated with eating, drinking, and sexual
behavior
Thalamus - ✔✔ correct answer relay station for all senses except smell
Hippocampus - ✔✔ correct answer associated with converting short-term memories into long-term
memories
Cerebellum - ✔✔ correct answer balance and body posture
Corpus Callosum - ✔✔ correct answer Connective tissue that links the two brain hemispheres
Pituitary Gland - ✔✔ correct answer Master gland within the endocrine system
Pancreas - ✔✔ correct answer produces insulin
Parietal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer sensation and spatial awareness
, WGU psychology c180
Occipital lobe - ✔✔ correct answer vision
Frontal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer thinking, personality
Temporal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer hearing
List 2 types of neurotransmitters - ✔✔ correct answer dopamine, serotonin
axon - ✔✔ correct answer long fiber that transmits information away from cell body to other neurons
dendrite - ✔✔ correct answer treelike fiber that collects information from other cells and sends to soma
myelin sheath - ✔✔ correct answer insulates axon to increase speed of neural messages
Where does the myelin sheath grow and what is its purpose - ✔✔ correct answer Grows around the
axons. Purpose is to insulate.
Harold goes to check out an empty house. He hears a noise and thinks it could be a stray cat - ✔✔
correct answer Which behavior is the sensation? hears a noise. Which behavior is the perception? he
thinks its a stray cat
Provide a real world example of subliminal messaging - ✔✔ correct answer The amazon logo. The arrow
points from a to z which is that they sell everything and anything.
Provide a real world example of top-down perception - ✔✔ correct answer Walking into the kitchen and
smelling smoke.
Provide a real world example of absolute threshold - ✔✔ correct answer Hearing clock's minute hand
tick tock at night. any senses.
What is the independent variable - ✔✔ correct answer the cause of change
What is the dependent variable - ✔✔ correct answer the effect
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment - ✔✔ correct answer correlation
discovers relationship among variables and predicts future events. Experiment provides more definitive
conclusion from causal relationship.
How is a sample different from a population - ✔✔ correct answer smaller subset of population
List 2 issues in conducting ethical research in psychology - ✔✔ correct answer Prevent harm and free
choice.
Hypothalamus - ✔✔ correct answer pleasurable activities associated with eating, drinking, and sexual
behavior
Thalamus - ✔✔ correct answer relay station for all senses except smell
Hippocampus - ✔✔ correct answer associated with converting short-term memories into long-term
memories
Cerebellum - ✔✔ correct answer balance and body posture
Corpus Callosum - ✔✔ correct answer Connective tissue that links the two brain hemispheres
Pituitary Gland - ✔✔ correct answer Master gland within the endocrine system
Pancreas - ✔✔ correct answer produces insulin
Parietal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer sensation and spatial awareness
, WGU psychology c180
Occipital lobe - ✔✔ correct answer vision
Frontal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer thinking, personality
Temporal lobe - ✔✔ correct answer hearing
List 2 types of neurotransmitters - ✔✔ correct answer dopamine, serotonin
axon - ✔✔ correct answer long fiber that transmits information away from cell body to other neurons
dendrite - ✔✔ correct answer treelike fiber that collects information from other cells and sends to soma
myelin sheath - ✔✔ correct answer insulates axon to increase speed of neural messages
Where does the myelin sheath grow and what is its purpose - ✔✔ correct answer Grows around the
axons. Purpose is to insulate.
Harold goes to check out an empty house. He hears a noise and thinks it could be a stray cat - ✔✔
correct answer Which behavior is the sensation? hears a noise. Which behavior is the perception? he
thinks its a stray cat
Provide a real world example of subliminal messaging - ✔✔ correct answer The amazon logo. The arrow
points from a to z which is that they sell everything and anything.
Provide a real world example of top-down perception - ✔✔ correct answer Walking into the kitchen and
smelling smoke.
Provide a real world example of absolute threshold - ✔✔ correct answer Hearing clock's minute hand
tick tock at night. any senses.
