WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
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1) ____________ are mental representations used to group things together into categories.
a) Units
b) Concepts
c) Entities
- Answer ✓✓b) Concepts
2) In the study of categorization, a prototype is:
a) an unusual member of the category
b) the first member learned for the category
c) the average example of a member of the category
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- Answer ✓✓c) the average example of a member of the category
3) What task has been used in research to determine how prototypical an object is?
a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member represents the
category title.
b) A fill-in-the-blank test in which participants generate paired members within a category.
c) A scale in which participants rate distances between category members on a fictional
map.
- Answer ✓✓a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member
represents the category title
4) Most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one
category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs". This illustrates
the principle of:
a) family resemblances
b) exemplars
c) necessary and sufficient features
- Answer ✓✓a) Family resemblances
5) Which of the following members would most likely be ranked highest in prototypicality
in the "birds" category?
a) Penguin
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b) Robin
c) Ostrich
- Answer ✓✓b) Robin
6) Items high on prototypicality have ___________ family resemblances.
a) weak
b) moderate
c) strong
- Answer ✓✓c) Strong
7) According to studies by Rosch, participants responded faster on a same-different task
when they were presented with good examples of colors than when they are presented with
weak examples of colors. Rosch interpreted these results as support for the __________
approach to categorization.
a) prototype
b) exemplar
c) network
- Answer ✓✓a) Prototype
8) Actual members of a category that a person has encountered in the past are called:
a) icons
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b) exemplars
c) prototypes –
Answer ✓✓b) Exemplars
*9) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a basic level category?
a) Vehicle
b) Transportation
c) Truck –
Answer ✓✓a) Vehicle
10) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a superordinate level item?
a) Guitar
b) Musical instrument
c) Rock guitar
- Answer ✓✓c) Musical Instrument
11) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a subordinate level item?
a) Animal
b) Poodle
c) Dog
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OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
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1) ____________ are mental representations used to group things together into categories.
a) Units
b) Concepts
c) Entities
- Answer ✓✓b) Concepts
2) In the study of categorization, a prototype is:
a) an unusual member of the category
b) the first member learned for the category
c) the average example of a member of the category
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- Answer ✓✓c) the average example of a member of the category
3) What task has been used in research to determine how prototypical an object is?
a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member represents the
category title.
b) A fill-in-the-blank test in which participants generate paired members within a category.
c) A scale in which participants rate distances between category members on a fictional
map.
- Answer ✓✓a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member
represents the category title
4) Most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one
category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs". This illustrates
the principle of:
a) family resemblances
b) exemplars
c) necessary and sufficient features
- Answer ✓✓a) Family resemblances
5) Which of the following members would most likely be ranked highest in prototypicality
in the "birds" category?
a) Penguin
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b) Robin
c) Ostrich
- Answer ✓✓b) Robin
6) Items high on prototypicality have ___________ family resemblances.
a) weak
b) moderate
c) strong
- Answer ✓✓c) Strong
7) According to studies by Rosch, participants responded faster on a same-different task
when they were presented with good examples of colors than when they are presented with
weak examples of colors. Rosch interpreted these results as support for the __________
approach to categorization.
a) prototype
b) exemplar
c) network
- Answer ✓✓a) Prototype
8) Actual members of a category that a person has encountered in the past are called:
a) icons
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b) exemplars
c) prototypes –
Answer ✓✓b) Exemplars
*9) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a basic level category?
a) Vehicle
b) Transportation
c) Truck –
Answer ✓✓a) Vehicle
10) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a superordinate level item?
a) Guitar
b) Musical instrument
c) Rock guitar
- Answer ✓✓c) Musical Instrument
11) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a subordinate level item?
a) Animal
b) Poodle
c) Dog
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