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WGU C180 Pre- Assessment (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) Introduction to Psychology |100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION 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? Answer: Social exchange theory QUESTION Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder? Answer: Social phobia QUESTION Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? Answer: Hippocampus QUESTION What does the hippocampus influence? Answer: Memory QUESTION 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? Answer: The parents should use a continuous reinforcement schedule because it can produce rapid learning. QUESTION Franco has been away from his hometown in Italy for more than 30 years, but he can still paint it from memory with impressive accuracy. Which memory is Franco using? Answer: Long-term memory QUESTION 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? Answer: Ivan Pavlov QUESTION What did Carl Rogers say was necessary for a growth-promoting environment? Answer: Unconditional positive regard QUESTION Which therapeutic approach is effectively a laboratory for improving social relationships? Answer: Group therapy QUESTION Which type of therapeutic drug is Xanax? Answer: Antianxiety QUESTION What does the cerebellum influence? Answer: balance and fine motor movement QUESTION A patient regularly hears two voices conversing with each other and reports that the voices are being controlled by the CIA. The patient's speech has grown increasingly irrelevant to the situation. The patient bathes infrequently and demonstrates a reduced range of emotional expressiveness. Which mental disorder is the patient most likely suffering from? Answer: Schizophrenia QUESTION A group of individuals who are moderately opposed to the death penalty meet to discuss the issue. After two hours of discussion, most find themselves more strongly opposed to the death penalty than they were before the meeting. Which concept is this scenario an example of? Answer:

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WGUl C180l Pre-l Assessmentl (Latestl
2026/l 2027l Update)l Introductionl tol
Psychologyl |100%l Verifiedl Questionsl &l
Answersl |l Gradel A
Q:l Lotol hasl beenl approachedl byl al memberl ofl hisl sociall clubl tol volunteerl onel dayl
al weekl atl thel locall foodl bank,l al charityl thatl thel clubl hasl decidedl tol support.l Lotol isl
busyl withl hisl homel andl familyl butl realizesl thatl helpingl willl increasel hisl feelingsl ofl
givingl tol thel communityl andl enhancel howl membersl ofl thel clubl mayl viewl him.l Hel
decidesl tol makel thel timel inl hisl schedulel forl thisl volunteerl effort.l Whatl isl thisl anl
examplel of,l inl termsl ofl altruism?

Answer:
Sociall exchangel theory



Q:l Whichl disorderl isl classifiedl asl anl anxietyl disorder?
Answer:
Sociall phobia



Q:l Whichl partl ofl thel brainl isl responsiblel forl memory?
Answer:
Hippocampus



Q:l Whatl doesl thel hippocampusl influence?
Answer:
Memory

,Q:l Al child'sl parentsl wantl tol teachl theirl childl tol usel thel toiletl byl usingl positivel
reinforcement.l Whichl schedulel ofl positivel reinforcementl wouldl bel mostl helpfull tol
parentsl wantingl tol achievel rapidl learning?

Answer:
Thel parentsl shouldl usel al continuousl reinforcementl schedulel becausel itl canl producel
rapidl learning.



Q:l Francol hasl beenl awayl froml hisl hometownl inl Italyl forl morel thanl 30l years,l butl
hel canl stilll paintl itl froml memoryl withl impressivel accuracy.l Whichl memoryl isl Francol
using?

Answer:
Long-terml memory



Q:l Al farmerl drivesl al truckl fulll ofl feedl forl cattlel intol al field.l Thel farmerl honksl thel
hornl whenl drivingl intol thel field.l Onl thel thirdl day,l thel farmerl drivesl intol thel fieldl andl
honksl thel horn,l andl thel cattlel startl movingl towardl thel truck.l Whichl theoristl isl
associatedl withl studyingl thisl typel ofl behavior?

Answer:
Ivanl Pavlov



Q:l Whatl didl Carll Rogersl sayl wasl necessaryl forl al growth-promotingl environment?
Answer:
Unconditionall positivel regard



Q:l Whichl therapeuticl approachl isl effectivelyl al laboratoryl forl improvingl sociall
relationships?

Answer:
Groupl therapy

, Q:l Whichl typel ofl therapeuticl drugl isl Xanax?
Answer:
Antianxiety



Q:l Whatl doesl thel cerebelluml influence?
Answer:
balancel andl finel motorl movement



Q:l Al patientl regularlyl hearsl twol voicesl conversingl withl eachl otherl andl reportsl thatl
thel voicesl arel beingl controlledl byl thel CIA.l Thel patient'sl speechl hasl grownl increasinglyl
irrelevantl tol thel situation.l Thel patientl bathesl infrequentlyl andl demonstratesl al reducedl
rangel ofl emotionall expressiveness.l Whichl mentall disorderl isl thel patientl mostl likelyl
sufferingl from?

Answer:
Schizophrenia



Q:l Al groupl ofl individualsl whol arel moderatelyl opposedl tol thel deathl penaltyl meetl tol
discussl thel issue.l Afterl twol hoursl ofl discussion,l mostl findl themselvesl morel stronglyl
opposedl tol thel deathl penaltyl thanl theyl werel beforel thel meeting.l Whichl conceptl isl thisl
scenariol anl examplel of?

Answer:
Groupl polarization



Q:l Howl wouldl al learningl theoristl characterizel al childl notl sayingl al cursel wordl afterl
witnessingl al sibling'sl severel punishmentl forl sayingl thel cursel word?

Answer:
Asl anl observationallyl learnedl behavior

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