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WGU D570 Pre- Assessment– Cognitive Psychology (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) | Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions) QUESTION A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. Which thought process is an example of an anaphoric inference? The student can process the word "dog" quickly because it is so frequently seen. The student is able to picture the dog falling and trying to get back up. The student infers that the word "it" refers to the dog. The student determines that the dog slipped and fell because it was running. Answer: The student infers that the word "it" refers to the dog. QUESTION A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates causal inference? The child begins to mentally picture a car moving along a road as they read the rest of the sentence. The child first thinks the sentence is about a car, but as each word is added, their understanding evolves. The child infers that the hills being beautiful are caused by the motion of the moving car. The child assumes the car belongs to a family that was written about in a sentence that came earlier in the paragraph. Answer: The child infers that the hills being beautiful are caused by the motion of the moving car. QUESTION Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? It helps people to like each other more. It can make interactions last longer. It aids in having an engaging discussion. It can help prevent future arguments. Answer: It aids in having an engaging discussion. QUESTION Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of entrainment? The students take opposite tones. The students are arguing with each other. The students talk about topics they both know and understand. The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing. Answer: The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing. QUESTION Which property of words contributes to the word frequency effect? The number of meanings a word can have The number of synonyms a word has How many times a word is used in a sentence How often a word is used within a language Answer: How often a word is used within a language QUESTION Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether another person appears to be physically attractive? Frontal cortex Middle cortex Rear cortex Lower cortex Answer: Frontal cortex QUESTION What is the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? Neurotransmitter Synaptic gap Action potential Voxel Answer: Action potential QUESTION Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? Axon Synapse Dendrite Nucleus Answer: Axon

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WGUl D570l Pre-l Assessment–l Cognitivel
Psychologyl (Latestl 2026/l 2027l Update)l |l
Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A|l 100%l
Correctl (Verifiedl Solutions)

Q:l Al studentl readsl thesel twol sentences:l Al dogl wasl running.l Itl slippedl andl fell.
l
Whichl thoughtl processl isl anl examplel ofl anl anaphoricl inference?

Thel studentl canl processl thel wordl "dog"l quicklyl becausel itl isl sol frequentlyl seen.
Thel studentl isl ablel tol picturel thel dogl fallingl andl tryingl tol getl backl up.
Thel studentl infersl thatl thel wordl "it"l refersl tol thel dog.
Thel studentl determinesl thatl thel dogl slippedl andl felll becausel itl wasl running.

Answer:
Thel studentl infersl thatl thel wordl "it"l refersl tol thel dog.



Q:l Al childl readsl thel followingl incorrectl sentence:l "Thel carl wasl travelingl downl thel
hillsl werel beautiful."
l
Whichl cognitivel processl illustratesl causall inference?

Thel childl beginsl tol mentallyl picturel al carl movingl alongl al roadl asl theyl readl thel restl
ofl thel sentence.
Thel childl firstl thinksl thel sentencel isl aboutl al car,l butl asl eachl wordl isl added,l theirl
understandingl evolves.
Thel childl infersl thatl thel hillsl beingl beautifull arel causedl byl thel motionl ofl thel movingl
car.
Thel childl assumesl thel carl belongsl tol al familyl thatl wasl writtenl aboutl inl al sentencel
thatl camel earlierl inl thel paragraph.

Answer:

,Thel childl infersl thatl thel hillsl beingl beautifull arel causedl byl thel motionl ofl thel movingl
car.



Q:l Whyl isl establishingl commonl groundl importantl tol conversations?
Itl helpsl peoplel tol likel eachl otherl more.
Itl canl makel interactionsl lastl longer.
Itl aidsl inl havingl anl engagingl discussion.
Itl canl helpl preventl futurel arguments.

Answer:
Itl aidsl inl havingl anl engagingl discussion.



Q:l Whichl conversationl betweenl twol studentsl demonstratesl thel processl ofl entrainment?
Thel studentsl takel oppositel tones.
Thel studentsl arel arguingl withl eachl other.
Thel studentsl talkl aboutl topicsl theyl bothl knowl andl understand.
Thel studentsl bothl startl speakingl loudlyl andl gesturing.

Answer:
Thel studentsl bothl startl speakingl loudlyl andl gesturing.



Q:l Whichl propertyl ofl wordsl contributesl tol thel wordl frequencyl effect?
Thel numberl ofl meaningsl al wordl canl have
Thel numberl ofl synonymsl al wordl has
Howl manyl timesl al wordl isl usedl inl al sentence
Howl oftenl al wordl isl usedl withinl al language

Answer:
Howl oftenl al wordl isl usedl withinl al language

, Q:l Whichl cortexl ofl thel frontall lobel isl activatedl whenl someonel determinesl whetherl
anotherl personl appearsl tol bel physicallyl attractive?

Frontall cortex
Middlel cortex
Rearl cortex
Lowerl cortex

Answer:
Frontall cortex



Q:l Whatl isl thel electricall impulsel firedl downl thel axonl ofl al neuron?
Neurotransmitter
Synapticl gap
Actionl potential
Voxel

Answer:
Actionl potential



Q:l Whichl partl ofl al neuronl transportsl anl electricall signal?
Axon
Synapse
Dendrite
Nucleus

Answer:
Axon



Q:l Whilel studyingl inl al noisyl coffeel shop,l al studentl isl ablel tol focusl solelyl onl theirl
textbook,l tuningl outl thel surroundingl conversationsl andl backgroundl music.
l
Whichl cognitivel phenomenonl doesl thisl scenariol illustrate?

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