WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA AND
PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2026
What is measured by the paper folding test? - CORRECT ANSWER -Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to recreate sensory information
without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - CORRECT ANSWER -Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? - CORRECT ANSWER -The child
infers that the hills being beautiful are caused by the motion of the moving car
Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of entrainment? -
CORRECT ANSWER -The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether another
person appears to be physically attractive? - CORRECT ANSWER -Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - CORRECT ANSWER -Action
Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER -Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when watching
fireworks? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fireworks appear as falling trails of light due to iconic memories
lasting fractions of a second.
Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would contribute to effective
execution of a mental math problem? - CORRECT ANSWER -Numbers are held in short-term
memory and manipulations are conducted on the numbers in working memory when solving
the math problem.
Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal process contributes to a student's
short-term memory for course lecture material, according to Baddeley's model? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The student repeats silently what their instructor has said before writing it down.
A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors whose pictures were briefly
presented upside down. What explains how the episodic buffer enhances working memory in
this scenario? - CORRECT ANSWER -The episodic buffer connects with long-term memory of the
actors' faces and names, bringing content into working memory.
How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental rotation problems? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Strengthening of connections between neurons helps performance on
mental rotation problems
How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words presented sequentially? -
CORRECT ANSWER -The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically significant
semantic memories? - CORRECT ANSWER -Person recalls the name of the actor that they saw in
the airport years ago.
,A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will occur in one week. Which
example illustrates the combined long-term memory encoding strategies of visual imagery and
organization? - CORRECT ANSWER -The person imagines each fish on a tree structure
corresponding to categories of fish types.
A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery. Which example
shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies of generation and self-reference?
- CORRECT ANSWER -The person creates flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each
with an estimate of how appetizing the pastry appears.
A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not heard of. Which
process occurs when the person tries to remember how they learned that fact? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Source monitoring
Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which participants played a
gambling game on a computer and were later shown a modified video of themselves cheating.
What did this experiment reveal about false confessions? - CORRECT ANSWER -Participants
confessed to cheating after being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall
cheating indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER -A person
remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceptual
peg hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended messages? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Filter
, Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without an image"? -
CORRECT ANSWER -People who cannot visualize images are still capable of thinking
Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory does an individual begin to understand
mathematical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER -Concrete Operational
Which term describes a child's tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or object
according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER -Centration
Which stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is represented by a child's ability to
mentally represent objects and events with words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Preoperational
Which kind of intelligence reflects abilities drawn from experience? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Crystalized
Which mental framework is used in learning according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER -Schemas
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traceling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates the garden path model of parsing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The child changes their mind from the subject being the car to the hills
A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. which thought
process is an example of an anaphoric inference? - CORRECT ANSWER -The student infers that
the word "it" refers to the dog
Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? - CORRECT ANSWER -It aids in
having an engaging discussion
PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2026
What is measured by the paper folding test? - CORRECT ANSWER -Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to recreate sensory information
without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - CORRECT ANSWER -Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? - CORRECT ANSWER -The child
infers that the hills being beautiful are caused by the motion of the moving car
Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of entrainment? -
CORRECT ANSWER -The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether another
person appears to be physically attractive? - CORRECT ANSWER -Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - CORRECT ANSWER -Action
Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER -Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when watching
fireworks? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fireworks appear as falling trails of light due to iconic memories
lasting fractions of a second.
Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would contribute to effective
execution of a mental math problem? - CORRECT ANSWER -Numbers are held in short-term
memory and manipulations are conducted on the numbers in working memory when solving
the math problem.
Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal process contributes to a student's
short-term memory for course lecture material, according to Baddeley's model? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The student repeats silently what their instructor has said before writing it down.
A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors whose pictures were briefly
presented upside down. What explains how the episodic buffer enhances working memory in
this scenario? - CORRECT ANSWER -The episodic buffer connects with long-term memory of the
actors' faces and names, bringing content into working memory.
How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental rotation problems? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Strengthening of connections between neurons helps performance on
mental rotation problems
How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words presented sequentially? -
CORRECT ANSWER -The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically significant
semantic memories? - CORRECT ANSWER -Person recalls the name of the actor that they saw in
the airport years ago.
,A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will occur in one week. Which
example illustrates the combined long-term memory encoding strategies of visual imagery and
organization? - CORRECT ANSWER -The person imagines each fish on a tree structure
corresponding to categories of fish types.
A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery. Which example
shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies of generation and self-reference?
- CORRECT ANSWER -The person creates flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each
with an estimate of how appetizing the pastry appears.
A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not heard of. Which
process occurs when the person tries to remember how they learned that fact? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Source monitoring
Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which participants played a
gambling game on a computer and were later shown a modified video of themselves cheating.
What did this experiment reveal about false confessions? - CORRECT ANSWER -Participants
confessed to cheating after being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall
cheating indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWER -A person
remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceptual
peg hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended messages? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Filter
, Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without an image"? -
CORRECT ANSWER -People who cannot visualize images are still capable of thinking
Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory does an individual begin to understand
mathematical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER -Concrete Operational
Which term describes a child's tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or object
according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER -Centration
Which stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is represented by a child's ability to
mentally represent objects and events with words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Preoperational
Which kind of intelligence reflects abilities drawn from experience? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Crystalized
Which mental framework is used in learning according to Piaget? - CORRECT ANSWER -Schemas
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traceling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates the garden path model of parsing? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The child changes their mind from the subject being the car to the hills
A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. which thought
process is an example of an anaphoric inference? - CORRECT ANSWER -The student infers that
the word "it" refers to the dog
Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? - CORRECT ANSWER -It aids in
having an engaging discussion
