WGU PSY Exam
According to psychodynamic psychology, what is depression the result of? - ✔✔ correct answer
Suppressed aggressive drives
Who was a key figure in the development of the behaviorist school of psychological thought? - ✔✔
correct answer B. F. Skinner
Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? - ✔✔ correct answer Sigmund Freud
Which level of need must be met before the need for belongingness and love can be satisfied,
according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - ✔✔ correct answer Physiological
Suppose there is a positive correlation between age and life satisfaction.What conclusion does the
correlation support? - ✔✔ correct answer As age increases, the level of life satisfaction also
increases.
How can psychological researchers reduce the impact of their own biases? - ✔✔ correct answer By
collecting all the data from experiments before running the statistics
Phineas Gage was involved in a serious railway construction accident in 1848. A steel rod went
through his left cheek and exited through the top of his head. After he recovered, people who knew
him noticed that his personality and behavior were different. Eventually, descriptions of Gage before
and after the accident provided evidence that the frontal lobe is involved in executive
functioning.Which research method does the study of Gage represent? - ✔✔ correct answer Case
study
Which principle should be established in any psychological study? - ✔✔ correct answer Participants
should be protected from needless harm.
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? - ✔✔ correct answer Hippocampus; Located
deep in the temporal lobe part of the limbic system.
What does the cerebellum influence? - ✔✔ correct answer Balance and fine motor movement
What does the hypothalamus influence? - ✔✔ correct answer pleasure
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What does the hippocampus influence? - ✔✔ correct answer Memory
Which structure is closely associated with reproduction in males? - ✔✔ correct answer Testes
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? - ✔✔ correct answer It
affects mood.
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action? - ✔✔ correct answer
Acetylcholine
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight response? -
✔✔ correct answer Sympathetic nervous system
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer honks the horn when driving into
the field. On the third day, the farmer drives into the field and honks the horn, and the cattle start
moving toward the truck.Which theorist is associated with studying this type of behavior? - ✔✔
correct answer Ivan Pavlov
In Pavlov's original demonstration of classical conditioning, what did the dog's salivation to the
ringing of the bell represent? - ✔✔ correct answer Conditioned response
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? - ✔✔ correct answer The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the
alarm as to the fire.
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? - ✔✔ correct answer The parents should use a continuous reinforcement schedule because
it can produce rapid learning.
A 50-year-old person who has not ridden a bicycle since childhood gets on a bicycle and rides
effortlessly without even thinking about it.What type of memory is being used in this situation? - ✔✔
correct answer Implicit memory
According to psychodynamic psychology, what is depression the result of? - ✔✔ correct answer
Suppressed aggressive drives
Who was a key figure in the development of the behaviorist school of psychological thought? - ✔✔
correct answer B. F. Skinner
Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? - ✔✔ correct answer Sigmund Freud
Which level of need must be met before the need for belongingness and love can be satisfied,
according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - ✔✔ correct answer Physiological
Suppose there is a positive correlation between age and life satisfaction.What conclusion does the
correlation support? - ✔✔ correct answer As age increases, the level of life satisfaction also
increases.
How can psychological researchers reduce the impact of their own biases? - ✔✔ correct answer By
collecting all the data from experiments before running the statistics
Phineas Gage was involved in a serious railway construction accident in 1848. A steel rod went
through his left cheek and exited through the top of his head. After he recovered, people who knew
him noticed that his personality and behavior were different. Eventually, descriptions of Gage before
and after the accident provided evidence that the frontal lobe is involved in executive
functioning.Which research method does the study of Gage represent? - ✔✔ correct answer Case
study
Which principle should be established in any psychological study? - ✔✔ correct answer Participants
should be protected from needless harm.
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? - ✔✔ correct answer Hippocampus; Located
deep in the temporal lobe part of the limbic system.
What does the cerebellum influence? - ✔✔ correct answer Balance and fine motor movement
What does the hypothalamus influence? - ✔✔ correct answer pleasure
, WGU PSY Exam
What does the hippocampus influence? - ✔✔ correct answer Memory
Which structure is closely associated with reproduction in males? - ✔✔ correct answer Testes
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin? - ✔✔ correct answer It
affects mood.
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals called
neurotransmitters. Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action? - ✔✔ correct answer
Acetylcholine
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight response? -
✔✔ correct answer Sympathetic nervous system
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer honks the horn when driving into
the field. On the third day, the farmer drives into the field and honks the horn, and the cattle start
moving toward the truck.Which theorist is associated with studying this type of behavior? - ✔✔
correct answer Ivan Pavlov
In Pavlov's original demonstration of classical conditioning, what did the dog's salivation to the
ringing of the bell represent? - ✔✔ correct answer Conditioned response
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? - ✔✔ correct answer The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the
alarm as to the fire.
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? - ✔✔ correct answer The parents should use a continuous reinforcement schedule because
it can produce rapid learning.
A 50-year-old person who has not ridden a bicycle since childhood gets on a bicycle and rides
effortlessly without even thinking about it.What type of memory is being used in this situation? - ✔✔
correct answer Implicit memory
