WGU psychology c180 Exam (115 questions) with precise detailed answers

WGU psychology c180 Exam |! |! |! |!




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What is the independent variable - Correct answer ✔the cause of change
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What is the dependent variable - Correct answer ✔the effect
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What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment -
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Correct answer ✔correlation discovers relationship among variables and
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predicts future events. Experiment provides more definitive conclusion from
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causal relationship.
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How is a sample different from a population - Correct answer ✔smaller
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subset of population
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List 2 issues in conducting ethical research in psychology - Correct answer
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✔Prevent harm and free choice. |! |! |! |!




Hypothalamus - Correct answer ✔pleasurable activities associated with |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!




eating, drinking, and sexual behavior
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Thalamus - Correct answer ✔relay station for all senses except smell
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,Hippocampus - Correct answer ✔associated with converting short-term |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!




memories into long-term memories |! |! |!




Cerebellum - Correct answer ✔balance and body posture
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Corpus Callosum - Correct answer ✔Connective tissue that links the two
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brain hemispheres
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Pituitary Gland - Correct answer ✔Master gland within the endocrine system
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Pancreas - Correct answer ✔produces insulin
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Parietal lobe - Correct answer ✔sensation and spatial awareness
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Occipital lobe - Correct answer ✔vision
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Frontal lobe - Correct answer ✔thinking, personality
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Temporal lobe - Correct answer ✔hearing |! |! |! |! |!




List 2 types of neurotransmitters - Correct answer ✔dopamine, serotonin
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axon - Correct answer ✔long fiber that transmits information away from cell
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body to other neurons
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, dendrite - Correct answer ✔treelike fiber that collects information from other
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cells and sends to soma
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myelin sheath - Correct answer ✔insulates axon to increase speed of neural
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messages



Where does the myelin sheath grow and what is its purpose - Correct answer
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✔Grows around the axons. Purpose is to insulate.
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Harold goes to check out an empty house. He hears a noise and thinks it
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could be a stray cat - Correct answer ✔Which behavior is the sensation?
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hears a noise. Which behavior is the perception? he thinks its a stray cat
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Provide a real world example of subliminal messaging - Correct answer ✔The
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amazon logo. The arrow points from a to z which is that they sell everything
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and anything.
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Provide a real world example of top-down perception - Correct answer
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✔Walking into the kitchen and smelling smoke. |! |! |! |! |! |!




Provide a real world example of absolute threshold - Correct answer
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✔Hearing clock's minute hand tick tock at night. any senses.
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Provide a real world example of inattentional blindness - Correct answer
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✔choosing to tune out to focus on one thing. |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!