Wgu C180 (Introduction To Psychology) Final Exam Questions With Answers Latest Graded A+ (2023/2024)

A scientist is conducting an experiment to see how high your heart rate goes up while doing a specific exercise. However, the scientist doesn’t know that some of the participants are active and run every day. This could alter the experiment since their heart rate may not go up as much as the other non-active participants. What type of variable is this unknown fact that is irrelevant to the hypothesis being tested? a. Randomized Variable b. Confounding Variable c. Independent Variable d. Dependent Variable 5. Rebecca has gone in for a psychological evaluation. Her psychiatrist has noticed that she has disorganized thought and speech, jumps from one topic to another, and has experienced catatonia. Which disorder is Rebecca most likely to be diagnosed with? a. Bipolar disorder b. Major depressive disorder c. Schizophrenia d. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 6. Jeremy has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which of the following biological therapies is the most likely to be used to treat Jeremey’s symptoms? a. Electroconvulsive Therapy b. Deep Brain Stimulation c. Psychosurgery d. Medication 7. What is the objective of neurofeedback? a. Self- regulation of brain activity b. Understanding complex issues c. Charging neurons for communication d. Learning how to do simple procedures 8. Which of the following methods has NOT been regularly used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia? a. Typical antipsychotics b. Atypical antipsychotics c. Psychosocial rehabilitation d. Lithium WGU C180 INTRODUCTION TO PSCHOLOGY 3 9. Scott has decided that he wants to stop using nicotine. Which of the following methods would Scott’s therapist be most likely to use to help him quit his unwanted habit of smoking? a. Electroconvulsive therapy b. Behavioral therapy c. Medication d. Psychoanalysis 10. Tim wants Andy to do a small favor for him this weekend to watch his dog. Tim knows that if he asks Andy for a big request first, Andy is more likely to accept to watch his dog. Tim first asks for a $1000 loan and then follows to ask for his actual favor of Andy walking his dog. What kind of persuasion technique is this? a. Foot in the door b. Hand in mouth c. Back in the door d. Door in the face 11. True/False: Depression and loneliness are related but occur independently 12. Jordan is suffering from severe depression. His doctor has tried multiple treatments and medications, and none of them showed any effect. What treatment is the doctor likely to use next? a. Neurofeedback b. Electroconvulsive therapy c. Psychotherapy d. Psychosurgery 13. Andrew is very deliberate, organized, and resilient in working towards his goals. What trait out of the Big Five does he likely have a high score in? a. Neuroticism b. Persistence c. Conscientiousness d. Openness 14. Connor and his friend Ryan both took a history test on Monday. After taking the test, Connor thought that it was really hard and challenging. On the next day, the class got back their scores and both Connor and Ben did poorly. Connor believed that his friend got a bad grade because Ben’s stupid, but believes he himself only got a bad grade because he wasn’t feeling well and had a headache during the test. This is an example of which defensive attribution? a. Self-serving Bias b. Actor-observer Bias c. Actor-serving bias d. Just-world belief 15. Kyra is a young teenager from West Virginia and she has a deep interest in visiting Costa Rica to meet people of different climate and culture, and to try new foods there. Also, she has a similar interest to visit Moscow and study differences in economic theory between Russia and the United States once she is in college. Kyra exemplifies high levels of in her personality. a. Agreeableness b. Openness WGU C180 INTRODUCTION TO PSCHOLOGY 4 c. Neuroticism d. Conscientiousness 16. Zach has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by his therapist. To treat his symptoms of ADHD, Zach’s therapist uses a biological treatment approach in which the therapist takes recordings of Zach’s brain activity, displays the recordings to Zach in real time, and asks Zach to attempt to regulate his brain readings and keep them within a desired range. This treatment is referred to as.. . a. Neurofeedback b. Insight therapy c. Brain stimulation d. Progressive relaxation 17. David is in his engineering class when a group project in assigned. He is relieved to have help in this assignment and does not put as much effort into this project as some of his other classmates. This is referred to as . a. Social loafing b. Deindividuation c. Groupthink d. Group polarization 18. Steven is 10 years old. He has had trouble paying attention in class, is often hard to keep still, and it is often assumed that when people meet him for the first time, because of his actions and demeanor, that he is much younger than he actually. What is Steven likely to be diagnosed with? a. Autism Spectrum Disorder b. Social Anxiety Disorder c. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder d. Schizophrenia 19. Jennifer is suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Which of the following treatments is NOT likely to be used to treat Jennifer’s symptoms? a. Antidepressants alone b. Antipsychotics combined with Cognitive behavioral therapy c. Antidepressants combined with Cognitive behavioral therapy d. Cognitive behavioral therapy alone 20. Carol regularly goes to see her psychologist to help treat her PTSD. Her treatment continually presented her with positive results of improvement because her psychologist not only takes into account her values and expectations, but also combines scientific evidence and his clinical expertise to make the treatment have the greatest outcome and impact on Carol. What psychological approach has Carol’s doctor used when treating her? a. Biological b. Humanistic c. Cognitive d. Evidence Based 21. Harrison was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia after his family first started noticing him experiencing cognitive and behavioral disturbances, as well as his social withdrawal. Harrison’s abnormalities are likely to be due to lower than normal levels of activity in which part of the brain? a. Frontal Lobe WGU C180 INTRODUCTION TO PSCHOLOGY 5 b. Amygdala c. Hippocampus d. Parietal Lobe 22. Sandra has recently been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Which of the following treatment is Sandra’s doctor most likely to use first to try and treat her depression? a. Electroconvulsive therapy b. Psychosurgery c. Deep Brain stimulation d. Medication 23. Alex has a psychological disorder and has been prescribed phenothiazines. He finds the medication successfully reduces some symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but it is less effective at reducing other symptoms such as his emotional disturbance. Which disorder does Alex likely have? a. Schizophrenia b. Autism Spectrum Disorder c. Major Depressive Disorder d. Bipolar Disorder 24. Mikey worries about things he does every day. He’s worrying about his dance performance in 2 days and if he will get the new IPhone X. He’s also worried about not getting hired at this job he just interviewed for. He often feels rigid, moody, and has trouble getting out of bed in the morning. Mikey is most likely suffering from ? a. Generalized Anxiety Disorder b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder c. Panic Disorder d. Specific Phobia 25. Aaron is driving home for thanksgiving when he notices a police officer has pulled out behind him and is following him. His heart starts to race and his breathing increases. This reaction is caused by the . a. Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) axis b. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) c. Sympathetic Adrenal-Medullary (SAM) system d. Cortisol 26. Which of the following is an environmental risk factor for ADHD? a. Lead contamination b. Low birth weight c. Prenatal exposure to alcohol d. All of the above 27. Men perform better on a math test than women after being told that men tend to do better in math. What could be causing this? a. Prejudices b. Discrimination c. Stereotype threat d. Social conformity WGU C180 INTRODUCTION TO PSCHOLOGY 6 28. Jane is about to give a presentation to her class. When she stands at the front of the room and begins to speak, she becomes nervous and fumbles her words. Which group process is Jane experiencing that causes her to “choke” under the pressure? a. Social Loafing b. Social Facilitation c. Group polarization d. Conformity 29. Andrew turned in his Math assignment late because he had been working very hard on a different project and just forgot about it. Even though Andrew’s dad knew about all the projects Andrew was busy working on, he still said he believed Andrew actually turned his assignment in late because Andrew is lazy and doesn’t care about school. Andrew’s dad is displaying an example of a/the . a. Situational attribution b. Correspondence bias c. Just world belief d. Defensive attribution 30. Eddie always orders the same kind of meals when going to a restaurant and is very reliant on his routine. Even if he travels out of town, he prefers to go to his favorite restaurant chain McDonald’s. Based on these characteristics, Eddie is scoring low in: a. Openness b. Extraversion c. Agreeableness d. Conscientiousness 31. When a company hires a celebrity to endorse a product, it is likely hoping that most consumers will follow the route to persuasion and engage in elaboration. a. Peripheral; high b. Central; low c. Central; high d. Peripheral; low 32. Because of the usefulness of the retrieval cues, is usually easier than . a. Recall; episodic memory b. Recognition; recall c. Recall; recognition d. Semantic memory; episodic memory 33. Amir missed a basketball shot and snapped at Mark for giving him a bad pass before it, even though it was a good pass. Mark told their coach that Amir had a bad game yesterday because he was really stressed about school and work, and that Amir isn’t usually blaming people like that. Mark is displaying an example of a/the . a. Situational Attribution b. Self-serving bias c. Dispositional Attribution d. Correspondence Bias WGU C180 INTRODUCTION TO PSCHOLOGY 7 34. In his free time, Brian likes to play videogames with his friends. When he is winning, he believes that he is very skilled at the game. However, when he loses, he blames his controller for being faulty or says that the game is too difficult. This view would be considered as which of the following? a. Just-World belief b. Self-serving bias c. Fundamental attribution error d. Actor-observer bias 35. Kyle formed a quick opinion of his professor on the first day of class, and it was a very quick conclusion that could last a long time. What word would explain Kyle's reaction? a. Attribution b. Impression c. Discrimination d. Prejudice 36. Define Cognitive Dissonance a. Outward behavior does not match attitude b. Attitude matches outward behavior c. Behavior does not match attributions d. Attributions matche behavior 37. Tiffany assumes Aabha is good at math because she is Asian-American. Because of this, Tiffany asks Aabha every math question she has, and when Aabha has questions about math, Tiffany says she doesn’t believe her and refuses to help her study because she assumes Aabha is good at math. Tiffany’s unfair behavior is an example of . a. Prejudice b. Discrimination c. Stereotype d. Impression