WGU D570 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WGU D570 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Donder
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Reaction time - takes 1/10th of a second to make a decision

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2. Wundt
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structuraism, used analytic introspection

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3. Ebbinghaus
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nature of forgetting and memory, used savings technique

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4. James
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observation of mind

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5. Watson
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little Albert experiment, making him afraid of furry white things; conditioned phobias; applied CC to
advertising

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6. Tolman
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cognition; studied rats and discovered the "cognitive map" in rats and humans

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7. Cherry's experiment
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Study demonstrating selective auditory attention.

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8. Neisser
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father of cognitive psychology, published cogntiive pyschology

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9. Broadbent
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proposed the first flow diagram of the mind, what happens in the mind when directing attention to one
stimulus in the environment

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10. Artificial intelligence
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idea of john mccarthy's, the ability of a computer to perform tasks usually associated with human
intelligence

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11. Simon and Newell
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created McCarthy's idea of AI and was able to create proofs of math theorems that involve principles of
logic

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12. Atkinson and Shiffron's model
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model of memory

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13. Sensory memory
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holds incoming information for a fraction of a second and then passes most of this information to short
term memory

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14. Short term memory
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activated memory that holds a few items briefly before the information is stored or forgotten

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15. Rehearsal
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repeating something to keep form forgetting it

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16. Long term memory
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a type of storage that holds information for hours, days, weeks, or years

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17. Higher mental processes

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the complex cognitive functions, such as thinking, problem-solving, and long-term remembering
considered in the study of cognitive psychology

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18. Episodic memory
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events in life (what you did last week)

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19. Semantic memory
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facts (capitals of states)

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20. Procedural memory
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physical action (how to ride a bike)

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21. Tulving
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believed long term memory can be divided into 3 subcategories : sematic, episodic, procedural memories

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22. Why did the fMRI take place of the PET?
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it didnt involve radioactive tracers and produced a higher resolution image

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23. Palmer
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how our knowledge about the enviornment can influence our perception. kitchen and bread experiment

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24. Encoding
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the processing of information into the memory system happening when you learn it

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25. Retrieval
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what is happening when you are remembering the material - pulling out of memory storage

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26. Biological Milestones