WGU D570 Objective Assessment Review (Latest 2025/
2026 Update) Cognitive Psychology | Qs & As| Grade A|
100% Correct (Verified Answers)
What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANSWER Spatial
Imagery
What is mental imagery? - ANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANSWER
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
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? - 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? - ANSWER
Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - ANSWER
Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANSWER
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder? - ANSWER Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories? - 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? - ANSWER The person
imagines each fish on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
2026 Update) Cognitive Psychology | Qs & As| Grade A|
100% Correct (Verified Answers)
What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANSWER Spatial
Imagery
What is mental imagery? - ANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANSWER
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
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? - 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? - ANSWER
Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - ANSWER
Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANSWER
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder? - ANSWER Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - ANSWER The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories? - 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? - ANSWER The person
imagines each fish on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
