WGU C180 Test -Intro To Psychology Actual
Exam Questions And Well Detailed Verified
Answers
Question 1
What are the various categories of psychological disorders?
Correct Answer
Anxiety, Mood, Psychotic, Dementias, Eating Disorders
Question 2
What physical changes mark the onset of adolescence?
Correct Answer
Brain's frontal lobes mature and myelin growth increases.As children develop into
adolescents, they go through physical, emotional and cognitive changes. Their
physical changes occur first, making them appear adult-like, yet they are still
emotionally immature. Aside from acne and an increase in body odor, the most
prominent physical changes that occur to adolescents are the maturing of the
genital organs, or puberty.
Question 3
What are some biological factors in the development of intelligence?
Correct Answer
Genetics, Prenatal malnutrition and Prenatal exposure to harmful substances
Question 4
what hormones play a role in the regulation of hunger?
Correct Answer
Glucose is the main sugar used for energy and the brain monitors it to determine
hunger. Other hormones, including orexin, ghrelin, and leptin
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,Question 5
Reliability
Correct Answer
The degree to which a test keeps producing the same or similar results over
repeated testing; also known as consistency.
Question 6
long term stress response
Correct Answer
sustained physiological response to stressors, characterized by increases in blood
glucose and blood pressure, and decrease in inflammatory response; regulated by
hormones produced by the adrenal cortex
Question 7
What is a negative punishment? Provide a real world example
Correct Answer
Taking something good or desirable away to reduce the occurrence of a particular
behavior.
-Taking away a teen's car after she misses curfew
Question 8
Zygotic
Correct Answer
First 2 weeks of development; 2nd - 4th weeks of pregnancy.
Conception; sperm and egg forms a single cell called a zygote that moves through
the fallopian tube to the uterus while dividing rapidly in a process called cleavage.
Becomes a blastocyst when it reaches, and implants, in the uterus.
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,Question 9
Cognitive Development Early Childhood
Correct Answer
Inability to conserve quantity in more than one dimension. Self Centered
perspective.
Question 10
Describe an example that illustrates Vygotsky's concept of scaffolding.
Correct Answer
Scaffolding is a form of instruction in which the child is given a level of help and
support which is gradually reduced until they can complete the task unaided::In a
high school laboratory science class, a teacher might provide scaffolding by first
giving students detailed guides to carrying out experiments, then giving them brief
outlines that they might use to structure experiments, and finally asking them to set
up experiments entirely on their own.
Question 11
Generativity vs. Stagnation(Erickson)
Correct Answer
Stage 7: Adulthood (40-64 years) Generativity vs Stagnation
Question 12
Chunking
Correct Answer
organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
-Phone numbers and social security numbers are chunked
Question 13
What is observational learning?
Correct Answer
Learned behavior through observation and often times immitation.
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, Question 14
Humanisitc Approach
Correct Answer
attempt to promote growth and responsibility by helping clients consider their own
situations and the world around them and how they can work to achieve their life
goals.
Question 15
What was the goal of Carl Roger's person-centered therapy?
Correct Answer
Carl Rogers developed person-centered therapy (or client-centered therapy), an
approach to treatment in which the client is helped to grow and develop as the
therapist provides a comfortable, nonjudgmental environment.
Question 16
retroactive interference
Correct Answer
Difficulty recalling old information because of newly learned information.
Question 17
What is subliminal messaging? How effective is subliminal messaging?
Correct Answer
means "below the threshold" and only effective 50% of the time.
A signal or message designed to pass below (sub) the normal limits of perception.
An inaudible to the conscious mind (but audible to the unconscious or deeper
mind)
Question 18
histrionic personality disorder
Correct Answer
a personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and preoccupation
with being the center of attention; emotional shallowness; overly dramatic behavior
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Exam Questions And Well Detailed Verified
Answers
Question 1
What are the various categories of psychological disorders?
Correct Answer
Anxiety, Mood, Psychotic, Dementias, Eating Disorders
Question 2
What physical changes mark the onset of adolescence?
Correct Answer
Brain's frontal lobes mature and myelin growth increases.As children develop into
adolescents, they go through physical, emotional and cognitive changes. Their
physical changes occur first, making them appear adult-like, yet they are still
emotionally immature. Aside from acne and an increase in body odor, the most
prominent physical changes that occur to adolescents are the maturing of the
genital organs, or puberty.
Question 3
What are some biological factors in the development of intelligence?
Correct Answer
Genetics, Prenatal malnutrition and Prenatal exposure to harmful substances
Question 4
what hormones play a role in the regulation of hunger?
Correct Answer
Glucose is the main sugar used for energy and the brain monitors it to determine
hunger. Other hormones, including orexin, ghrelin, and leptin
Page 1 of 175
,Question 5
Reliability
Correct Answer
The degree to which a test keeps producing the same or similar results over
repeated testing; also known as consistency.
Question 6
long term stress response
Correct Answer
sustained physiological response to stressors, characterized by increases in blood
glucose and blood pressure, and decrease in inflammatory response; regulated by
hormones produced by the adrenal cortex
Question 7
What is a negative punishment? Provide a real world example
Correct Answer
Taking something good or desirable away to reduce the occurrence of a particular
behavior.
-Taking away a teen's car after she misses curfew
Question 8
Zygotic
Correct Answer
First 2 weeks of development; 2nd - 4th weeks of pregnancy.
Conception; sperm and egg forms a single cell called a zygote that moves through
the fallopian tube to the uterus while dividing rapidly in a process called cleavage.
Becomes a blastocyst when it reaches, and implants, in the uterus.
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,Question 9
Cognitive Development Early Childhood
Correct Answer
Inability to conserve quantity in more than one dimension. Self Centered
perspective.
Question 10
Describe an example that illustrates Vygotsky's concept of scaffolding.
Correct Answer
Scaffolding is a form of instruction in which the child is given a level of help and
support which is gradually reduced until they can complete the task unaided::In a
high school laboratory science class, a teacher might provide scaffolding by first
giving students detailed guides to carrying out experiments, then giving them brief
outlines that they might use to structure experiments, and finally asking them to set
up experiments entirely on their own.
Question 11
Generativity vs. Stagnation(Erickson)
Correct Answer
Stage 7: Adulthood (40-64 years) Generativity vs Stagnation
Question 12
Chunking
Correct Answer
organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
-Phone numbers and social security numbers are chunked
Question 13
What is observational learning?
Correct Answer
Learned behavior through observation and often times immitation.
Page 3 of 175
, Question 14
Humanisitc Approach
Correct Answer
attempt to promote growth and responsibility by helping clients consider their own
situations and the world around them and how they can work to achieve their life
goals.
Question 15
What was the goal of Carl Roger's person-centered therapy?
Correct Answer
Carl Rogers developed person-centered therapy (or client-centered therapy), an
approach to treatment in which the client is helped to grow and develop as the
therapist provides a comfortable, nonjudgmental environment.
Question 16
retroactive interference
Correct Answer
Difficulty recalling old information because of newly learned information.
Question 17
What is subliminal messaging? How effective is subliminal messaging?
Correct Answer
means "below the threshold" and only effective 50% of the time.
A signal or message designed to pass below (sub) the normal limits of perception.
An inaudible to the conscious mind (but audible to the unconscious or deeper
mind)
Question 18
histrionic personality disorder
Correct Answer
a personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and preoccupation
with being the center of attention; emotional shallowness; overly dramatic behavior
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