COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY WGU D570 EXAM
1 COMPLETE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ Observable in Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Behavioral responses such as reaction time, accuracy, eye
movements, and verbal reports.
◉ Inferred in Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Internal mental processes like attention, memory encoding,
decision-making, and thought processes.
◉ Localization of Function.
Answer: The idea that specific brain areas are responsible for
specific cognitive functions.
◉ Specialization in the Brain.
Answer: Different hemispheres or regions of the brain are optimized
for different tasks.
◉ Functional Connectivity.
Answer: Communication and coordination between different brain
regions during cognitive tasks.
, ◉ Perception.
Answer: The process of organizing and interpreting sensory
information.
◉ Bottom-Up Processing.
Answer: Perception driven by sensory input and physical features of
stimuli.
◉ Top-Down Processing.
Answer: Perception influenced by prior knowledge, expectations,
and context.
◉ Stages of Perception.
Answer: Detection → Attention → Recognition → Interpretation.
◉ Parallel Processing.
Answer: Processing multiple features of a stimulus simultaneously.
◉ Serial Processing.
Answer: Processing one piece of information at a time in sequence.
1 COMPLETE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ Observable in Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Behavioral responses such as reaction time, accuracy, eye
movements, and verbal reports.
◉ Inferred in Cognitive Psychology.
Answer: Internal mental processes like attention, memory encoding,
decision-making, and thought processes.
◉ Localization of Function.
Answer: The idea that specific brain areas are responsible for
specific cognitive functions.
◉ Specialization in the Brain.
Answer: Different hemispheres or regions of the brain are optimized
for different tasks.
◉ Functional Connectivity.
Answer: Communication and coordination between different brain
regions during cognitive tasks.
, ◉ Perception.
Answer: The process of organizing and interpreting sensory
information.
◉ Bottom-Up Processing.
Answer: Perception driven by sensory input and physical features of
stimuli.
◉ Top-Down Processing.
Answer: Perception influenced by prior knowledge, expectations,
and context.
◉ Stages of Perception.
Answer: Detection → Attention → Recognition → Interpretation.
◉ Parallel Processing.
Answer: Processing multiple features of a stimulus simultaneously.
◉ Serial Processing.
Answer: Processing one piece of information at a time in sequence.
