WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Exam |
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1. Lower frontal cortex. - ANSWER brain region linked to judging physical
attraction
2. An electrical impulse that travels down a neuron's axon. - ANSWER action
potential
3. The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals. - ANSWER axon
4. The brain initially misinterprets a sentence structure and then has to
reanalyze it. - ANSWER garden path model of sentence parsing
5. Linking a pronoun like 'it' back to something earlier in a sentence or text. -
ANSWER anaphoric inference
6. Deciding one event was caused by another based on sentence context. -
ANSWER causal inference in reading
7. It makes communication smoother and helps people understand each other. -
ANSWER common ground in conversation
8. In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development do children develop
abstract thinking? - ANSWER Formal operational
9. What did Chomsky discover about the cognitive development of language in
babies and young children? - ANSWER Language is acquired through a
natural propensity for learning language.
10.What is the purpose of crystallized intelligence with regard to cognition? -
ANSWER For gaining knowledge
11.Which sub-domain of cognitive psychology focuses on the conditions under
which new information is acquired? - ANSWER Learning
,12.Which term refers to Ebbinghaus's finding that relearning lists of syllables
takes less time than the original session? - ANSWER Savings curve
13.What did Watson suggest that psychologists study when using a stimulus-
response approach? - ANSWER Behavior
14.Which experimental framework was inspired by artificial intelligence and
sought to study mental processes either in stages or as sequential mental
operations? - ANSWER Information processing
15.Which model of memory includes three stages: sensory store, short-term
memory, and long-term memory? - ANSWER Atkinson-Shiffrin model of
memory
16.When people sync their speaking styles, volume, or gestures during
dialogue. - ANSWER entrainment in conversation
17.Words that are used more often are recognized and processed more quickly.
- ANSWER word frequency effect
18.Focusing on one specific stimulus while ignoring others. - ANSWER
selective attention
19.What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANSWER Spatial Imagery
20.What is mental imagery? - ANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
21.What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANSWER Personality
22.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
23.Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of
entrainment? - ANSWER The students both start speaking loudly and
gesturing.
,24.Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines
whether another person appears to be physically attractive? - ANSWER
Frontal Cortex
25.What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? -
ANSWER Action Potential
26.Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANSWER Axon
27.Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a
substance abuse disorder? - ANSWER Working Memory Tests
28.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.
29.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.
30.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.
31.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.
32.How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental
rotation problems? - ANSWER Strengthening of connections between
neurons helps performance on mental rotation problems
33.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.
, 34.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.
35.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.
36.A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery.
Which example shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies
of generation and self-reference? - ANSWER The person creates flashcards
for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how
appetizing the pastry appears.
37.A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not
heard of. Which process occurs when the person tries to remember how they
learned that fact? - ANSWER Source monitoring
38.Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which
participants played a gambling game on a computer and were later shown a
modified video of themselves cheating. What did this experiment reveal
about false confessions? - ANSWER Participants confessed to cheating after
being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall cheating
indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
39.Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? -
ANSWER A person remembers graduating from law school
40.What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
ANSWER Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and
behavior
41.Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - ANSWER
Conceptual peg hypothesis
42.Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks
unattended messages? - ANSWER Filter
100% Correct Questions and Answers | Expert
Verified | Updated 2025 Edition
1. Lower frontal cortex. - ANSWER brain region linked to judging physical
attraction
2. An electrical impulse that travels down a neuron's axon. - ANSWER action
potential
3. The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals. - ANSWER axon
4. The brain initially misinterprets a sentence structure and then has to
reanalyze it. - ANSWER garden path model of sentence parsing
5. Linking a pronoun like 'it' back to something earlier in a sentence or text. -
ANSWER anaphoric inference
6. Deciding one event was caused by another based on sentence context. -
ANSWER causal inference in reading
7. It makes communication smoother and helps people understand each other. -
ANSWER common ground in conversation
8. In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development do children develop
abstract thinking? - ANSWER Formal operational
9. What did Chomsky discover about the cognitive development of language in
babies and young children? - ANSWER Language is acquired through a
natural propensity for learning language.
10.What is the purpose of crystallized intelligence with regard to cognition? -
ANSWER For gaining knowledge
11.Which sub-domain of cognitive psychology focuses on the conditions under
which new information is acquired? - ANSWER Learning
,12.Which term refers to Ebbinghaus's finding that relearning lists of syllables
takes less time than the original session? - ANSWER Savings curve
13.What did Watson suggest that psychologists study when using a stimulus-
response approach? - ANSWER Behavior
14.Which experimental framework was inspired by artificial intelligence and
sought to study mental processes either in stages or as sequential mental
operations? - ANSWER Information processing
15.Which model of memory includes three stages: sensory store, short-term
memory, and long-term memory? - ANSWER Atkinson-Shiffrin model of
memory
16.When people sync their speaking styles, volume, or gestures during
dialogue. - ANSWER entrainment in conversation
17.Words that are used more often are recognized and processed more quickly.
- ANSWER word frequency effect
18.Focusing on one specific stimulus while ignoring others. - ANSWER
selective attention
19.What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANSWER Spatial Imagery
20.What is mental imagery? - ANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
21.What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANSWER Personality
22.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
23.Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of
entrainment? - ANSWER The students both start speaking loudly and
gesturing.
,24.Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines
whether another person appears to be physically attractive? - ANSWER
Frontal Cortex
25.What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? -
ANSWER Action Potential
26.Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANSWER Axon
27.Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a
substance abuse disorder? - ANSWER Working Memory Tests
28.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.
29.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.
30.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.
31.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.
32.How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental
rotation problems? - ANSWER Strengthening of connections between
neurons helps performance on mental rotation problems
33.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.
, 34.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.
35.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.
36.A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery.
Which example shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies
of generation and self-reference? - ANSWER The person creates flashcards
for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how
appetizing the pastry appears.
37.A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not
heard of. Which process occurs when the person tries to remember how they
learned that fact? - ANSWER Source monitoring
38.Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which
participants played a gambling game on a computer and were later shown a
modified video of themselves cheating. What did this experiment reveal
about false confessions? - ANSWER Participants confessed to cheating after
being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall cheating
indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
39.Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? -
ANSWER A person remembers graduating from law school
40.What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
ANSWER Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and
behavior
41.Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - ANSWER
Conceptual peg hypothesis
42.Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks
unattended messages? - ANSWER Filter
