WGU-PRE-ASSESSMENT: INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY (PDNO) |INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY - C180| VERIFIED 100% CORRECT.
According to psychodynamic psychology, what is depression the result of?
Answer - Suppressed aggressive drives
Who was a key figure in the development of the behaviorist school of
psychological thought? Answer - B. F. Skinner
Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? 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? Answer -
Physiological
Suppose there is a positive correlation between age and life satisfaction.
What conclusion does the correlation support? Answer - As age increases, the
level of life satisfaction also increases.
How can psychological researchers reduce the impact of their own biases?
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? Answer - Case
study
Which principle should be established in any psychological study? Answer -
Participants should be protected from needless harm.
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? Answer - hippocampus
What does the cerebellum influence? Answer - balance and fine motor
movement
What does the hypothalamus influence? Answer - pleasure
What does the hippocampus influence? Answer - memory
Which structure is closely associated with reproduction in males? Answer -
Testes
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from
chemicals called neurotransmitters.
PSYCHOLOGY (PDNO) |INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY - C180| VERIFIED 100% CORRECT.
According to psychodynamic psychology, what is depression the result of?
Answer - Suppressed aggressive drives
Who was a key figure in the development of the behaviorist school of
psychological thought? Answer - B. F. Skinner
Who was a key figure in the development of psychoanalysis? 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? Answer -
Physiological
Suppose there is a positive correlation between age and life satisfaction.
What conclusion does the correlation support? Answer - As age increases, the
level of life satisfaction also increases.
How can psychological researchers reduce the impact of their own biases?
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? Answer - Case
study
Which principle should be established in any psychological study? Answer -
Participants should be protected from needless harm.
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory? Answer - hippocampus
What does the cerebellum influence? Answer - balance and fine motor
movement
What does the hypothalamus influence? Answer - pleasure
What does the hippocampus influence? Answer - memory
Which structure is closely associated with reproduction in males? Answer -
Testes
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from
chemicals called neurotransmitters.
