WGU C180 Test, WGU Psych Final Exam Questions and
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+ | Actual
Exam.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation
of events is what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by
the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must have
had an emergency.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's
fight-or-flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams
for a series of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams
and find their friendship strains during the competition.
Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
,Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs
as they approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely
associated with this view?
Humanistic
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from
chemicals called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the
neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later, while
fighting the fire, the firefighter's heart is racing. According to Pavlov, which
learned association is most likely to develop in this scenario?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm as to
the fire.
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer one day
a week at the local food bank, a charity that the club has decided to support.
Loto is busy with his home and family but realizes that helping will increase
his feelings of giving to the community and enhance how members of the club
may view him. He decides to make the time in his schedule for this volunteer
effort. What is this an example of, in terms of altruism?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
, Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using positive
reinforcement. Which schedule of positive reinforcement would be most
helpful to parents wanting to achieve rapid learning? The parents should use a
continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid learning.
What did Carl Rogers say was necessary for a growth-promoting environment?
Unconditional positive regard
Which therapeutic approach is effectively a laboratory for improving social
relationships?
Group therapy
Which type of therapeutic drug is Xanax?
Antianxiety
What does the cerebellum influence? balance and
fine motor movement
Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027 | Graded A+ | Actual
Exam.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation
of events is what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by
the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must have
had an emergency.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's
fight-or-flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams
for a series of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams
and find their friendship strains during the competition.
Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
,Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs
as they approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely
associated with this view?
Humanistic
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from
chemicals called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the
neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later, while
fighting the fire, the firefighter's heart is racing. According to Pavlov, which
learned association is most likely to develop in this scenario?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm as to
the fire.
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer one day
a week at the local food bank, a charity that the club has decided to support.
Loto is busy with his home and family but realizes that helping will increase
his feelings of giving to the community and enhance how members of the club
may view him. He decides to make the time in his schedule for this volunteer
effort. What is this an example of, in terms of altruism?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
, Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using positive
reinforcement. Which schedule of positive reinforcement would be most
helpful to parents wanting to achieve rapid learning? The parents should use a
continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid learning.
What did Carl Rogers say was necessary for a growth-promoting environment?
Unconditional positive regard
Which therapeutic approach is effectively a laboratory for improving social
relationships?
Group therapy
Which type of therapeutic drug is Xanax?
Antianxiety
What does the cerebellum influence? balance and
fine motor movement
