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WGU C180 2023/2024 VERIFIED ANSWERS
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C180 WGU Version 4 Summary| 154 questions| with complete solutions
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Psychology correct answer: is the science of the mind and behavior. 
 
The history of psychology includes correct answer: philosophy, physiology, and behavioral components. 
 
Psychologists use various levels of analysis including correct answer: the levels of brain, person, and group. 
 
The level of the brain involves correct answer: both the brain and its structure. 
 
The level of the person encompasses correct answer: mental contents and processes. 
 
The level of the group incorporate...
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WGU - Psychology C180| 68 questions| with complete solutions
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What do psychologists study? correct answer: • Biological Foundations 
• Mental Life 
• Change 
• Self and Others 
• Potential and Dysfuction 
 
Psychologists Study Biological Foundations: What does that mean? correct answer: Psychologists study biological processes, in the brain, hormones, and DNA, that influence thoughts and behaviors. 
 
Psychologists Study Mental Life: What does that mean? correct answer: Psychologists study thought processes of people, e.g. when they solve pro...
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WGU psychology c180| 115 questions| with complete solutions
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What is the independent variable correct answer: the cause of change 
 
What is the dependent variable correct answer: the effect 
 
What is the main difference between a correlation and an experiment correct answer: correlation discovers relationship among variables and predicts future events. Experiment provides more definitive conclusion from causal relationship. 
 
How is a sample different from a population correct answer: smaller subset of population 
 
List 2 issues in conducting ethi...
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WGU C180 Full Review| 189 questions| with complete solutions
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Classical conditioning correct answer: Learning to associate 2 stimuli together, which leads to an organism anticipating future events. Example: Ivan Paplov studied salivation in dogs as a precursor to digestion. 
 
Unconditioned stimulus correct answer: Stimulus that automatically triggers a response naturally. Unlearned. 
 
Unconditioned response correct answer: Naturally occuring, unlearned response to an unconditioned stimulus. Unlearned. 
 
Conditioned stimulus correct answer: Originall...
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WGU C180 Intro to Psych| 173 questions| with complete solutions
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Structuralism correct answer: Wilhelm Wundt 
 
Functionalism correct answer: William James 
 
Psychodynamic correct answer: Sigmund Freud 
 
Behaviorism correct answer: John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner 
 
Gestalt correct answer: Max Wertheimer 
 
Humanistic correct answer: Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers 
 
Key mental strategies and goals are inborn through adaptation of the species, the result of natural selection. correct answer: Evolutionary Psychology 
 
Uses computer as a model for th...
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C180-Introduction to Psychology| 200 questions| with complete solutions
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Psychology correct answer: scientific study of the mind and behavior 
 
Mind correct answer: the nonphysical manifestation of the brain's activity 
 
Behavior correct answer: The outwardly observable acts of a person, either alone or in a group. 
 
Structuralism correct answer: a school of psychology concerned with analyzing the mind by looking at its smallest and simplest components and seeing how they fit together to form complete experiences. 
 
consciousness correct answer: the state o...
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Introduction to Psychology C180| 51 questions| with complete solutions
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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 statem...
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WGU - Introduction to Psychology - C180( 390 questions with complete solutions)
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Research Hypothesis correct answer: A precise statement of the presumed relationship among specific parts of a theory; A specific and falsifiable prediction about the relationship between or among two or more variables. 
 
Theory correct answer: An integrated set of principles that explains and predicts many, but not all, observed relationships within a given domain of inquiry. 
 
Steps to construct a hypothesis correct answer: Step 1: A real life problem or phenomenon is observed 
 
Step 2: ...
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WGU C180 better| 141 questions| with complete solutions
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What do psychologists study? correct answer: • Biological Foundations -biological processes, in the brain, hormones, and DNA, items that influence thoughts and behaviors. 
• Mental Life -thought processes of people, e.g. when they solve problems 
• Change- Psychologists study how individuals change mentally, emotionally, and socially as they age, from infants to children to teens to adults to seniors 
• Self and Others - how people judge themselves, and how they relate to other individu...
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