WGU psychology C180 || 100% Correct Answers.
What is the independent variable correct answers the cause of change
What is the dependent variable correct answers the effect
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment correct answers 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 answers smaller subset of population
List 2 issues in conducting ethical research in psychology correct answers Prevent harm and free
choice.
Hypothalamus correct answers pleasurable activities associated with eating, drinking, and sexual
behavior
Thalamus correct answers relay station for all senses except smell
Hippocampus correct answers associated with converting short-term memories into long-term
memories
Cerebellum correct answers balance and body posture
Corpus Callosum correct answers Connective tissue that links the two brain hemispheres
Pituitary Gland correct answers Master gland within the endocrine system
, Pancreas correct answers produces insulin
Parietal lobe correct answers sensation and spatial awareness
Occipital lobe correct answers vision
Frontal lobe correct answers thinking, personality
Temporal lobe correct answers hearing
List 2 types of neurotransmitters correct answers dopamine, serotonin
axon correct answers long fiber that transmits information away from cell body to other neurons
dendrite correct answers treelike fiber that collects information from other cells and sends to
soma
myelin sheath correct answers insulates axon to increase speed of neural messages
Where does the myelin sheath grow and what is its purpose correct answers 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 answers 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 answers The amazon logo. The
arrow points from a to z which is that they sell everything and anything.
What is the independent variable correct answers the cause of change
What is the dependent variable correct answers the effect
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment correct answers 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 answers smaller subset of population
List 2 issues in conducting ethical research in psychology correct answers Prevent harm and free
choice.
Hypothalamus correct answers pleasurable activities associated with eating, drinking, and sexual
behavior
Thalamus correct answers relay station for all senses except smell
Hippocampus correct answers associated with converting short-term memories into long-term
memories
Cerebellum correct answers balance and body posture
Corpus Callosum correct answers Connective tissue that links the two brain hemispheres
Pituitary Gland correct answers Master gland within the endocrine system
, Pancreas correct answers produces insulin
Parietal lobe correct answers sensation and spatial awareness
Occipital lobe correct answers vision
Frontal lobe correct answers thinking, personality
Temporal lobe correct answers hearing
List 2 types of neurotransmitters correct answers dopamine, serotonin
axon correct answers long fiber that transmits information away from cell body to other neurons
dendrite correct answers treelike fiber that collects information from other cells and sends to
soma
myelin sheath correct answers insulates axon to increase speed of neural messages
Where does the myelin sheath grow and what is its purpose correct answers 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 answers 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 answers The amazon logo. The
arrow points from a to z which is that they sell everything and anything.
