WGU C180
WGU C180 Practice Test 2026
Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must have had an
emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation of events
is what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals
called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
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?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight
response?
Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
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During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams for a series
of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams and find their
friendship strains during the competition. Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs as they
approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely associated with this view?
Humanistic
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?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
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?
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WGU C180 Practice Test 2026
Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must have had an
emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's interpretation of events
is what causes unhappiness, rather than unhappiness being caused by the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance from chemicals
called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
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?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the body's fight-or-flight
response?
Sympathetic nervous system
According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
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, WGU C180
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two teams for a series
of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on separate teams and find their
friendship strains during the competition. Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain needs as they
approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most closely associated with this view?
Humanistic
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?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
Hippocampus
What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
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?
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