WGU Psychology C180 OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT LATEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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What is vicarious reinforcement - ANSWER ✓ buying yourself a gift for passing a
class. to continue doing better
What is vicarious punishment - ANSWER ✓ given a speeding ticket. to stop bad
behavior
What is the difference between insightful and incremental learning - ANSWER ✓
insightful is common sense and incremental is learning step by step
What are 2 differences between short-term memory and working memory -
ANSWER ✓ Short term is temporary, working memory is strategy.
Provide a real world example of explicit memory - ANSWER ✓ Preparing for an
exam.
Provide a real world example of implicit memory - ANSWER ✓ Driving a car.
What are the 2 types of spacing we can use to study material - ANSWER ✓ Study
in short periods. Do not cram.
What is the difference between context and state dependent memory - ANSWER
✓ context dependent is based on the external situation in which information is
learned. State dependent is when the individual is in the physiological or
psychological state.
, Memory loss before an injury is called - ANSWER ✓ retrograde amnesia
memory loss after an injury is called - ANSWER ✓ anterograde amnesia.
You changed your network password yesterday afternoon. Today, when you login,
you use your old password and you're locked out of the system. This is an example
of - ANSWER ✓ retroactive interference.
You are requesting a change to your social security card. You are required to
provide your last residential address, which is associated with a house you sold 30
years ago. You struggle to remember that address. This is an example of -
ANSWER ✓ proactive interference.
What are 3 things that influence the accuracy of memory - ANSWER ✓ puzzles,
crosswords, sudoku
How is an achievement test different than an intelligence test (what do each
measure?) - ANSWER ✓ achievement measures what you learned. Intelligence is
genetics- IQ.
The ability of a test to measure what it intends to measure is called - ANSWER ✓
validity
The consistency of a test to produce the same scores each time someone takes it is
called - ANSWER ✓ reliability
You have a physical reaction and then you experience the emotion and then you
attach a cognitive label (cognitive appraisal) to it - ANSWER ✓ Schachter-Singer
You have a physical reaction and then you experience the emotion - ANSWER ✓
James-Lange
You have both physical and emotional reactions at the same time - ANSWER ✓
Cannon-Bard
List the 3 phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER ✓ Alarm-
cortisol is released
ASSESSMENT LATEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
UPDATED 2025/2026 NEW
SYLLABUS|A+ GRADED|100%
GUARANTEED PASS||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!!
What is vicarious reinforcement - ANSWER ✓ buying yourself a gift for passing a
class. to continue doing better
What is vicarious punishment - ANSWER ✓ given a speeding ticket. to stop bad
behavior
What is the difference between insightful and incremental learning - ANSWER ✓
insightful is common sense and incremental is learning step by step
What are 2 differences between short-term memory and working memory -
ANSWER ✓ Short term is temporary, working memory is strategy.
Provide a real world example of explicit memory - ANSWER ✓ Preparing for an
exam.
Provide a real world example of implicit memory - ANSWER ✓ Driving a car.
What are the 2 types of spacing we can use to study material - ANSWER ✓ Study
in short periods. Do not cram.
What is the difference between context and state dependent memory - ANSWER
✓ context dependent is based on the external situation in which information is
learned. State dependent is when the individual is in the physiological or
psychological state.
, Memory loss before an injury is called - ANSWER ✓ retrograde amnesia
memory loss after an injury is called - ANSWER ✓ anterograde amnesia.
You changed your network password yesterday afternoon. Today, when you login,
you use your old password and you're locked out of the system. This is an example
of - ANSWER ✓ retroactive interference.
You are requesting a change to your social security card. You are required to
provide your last residential address, which is associated with a house you sold 30
years ago. You struggle to remember that address. This is an example of -
ANSWER ✓ proactive interference.
What are 3 things that influence the accuracy of memory - ANSWER ✓ puzzles,
crosswords, sudoku
How is an achievement test different than an intelligence test (what do each
measure?) - ANSWER ✓ achievement measures what you learned. Intelligence is
genetics- IQ.
The ability of a test to measure what it intends to measure is called - ANSWER ✓
validity
The consistency of a test to produce the same scores each time someone takes it is
called - ANSWER ✓ reliability
You have a physical reaction and then you experience the emotion and then you
attach a cognitive label (cognitive appraisal) to it - ANSWER ✓ Schachter-Singer
You have a physical reaction and then you experience the emotion - ANSWER ✓
James-Lange
You have both physical and emotional reactions at the same time - ANSWER ✓
Cannon-Bard
List the 3 phases of the General Adaptation Syndrome - ANSWER ✓ Alarm-
cortisol is released
