WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
● paper folding test . Answer: Measures spatial imagery—your ability to
visualize how shapes look when folded.
● conceptual peg hypothesis . Answer: The idea that concrete words
create mental images that help 'anchor' new associations for better
memory.
● filter in Broadbent's attention model . Answer: It blocks unattended
information so only important stimuli are processed further.
● mental imagery . Answer: Recreating sensory experiences in your
mind without actual input.
● disproving Aristotle's idea about thought . Answer: People who can't
visualize images can still think logically and abstractly.
● Concrete Operational stage . Answer: Includes understanding math
and logic (ages 7-11).
, ● centration . Answer: Focusing on one aspect of a situation and
ignoring others (common in young children).
● Preoperational Stage . Answer: Allows use of words and images to
represent objects.
● crystallized intelligence . Answer: Knowledge and skills built from
experience and education over time.
● key component of psychosocial development . Answer: Personality—
how individuals grow and develop a sense of self.
● schemas . Answer: Mental frameworks we use to organize and
interpret information.
● brain region linked to judging physical attraction . Answer: Lower
frontal cortex.
● action potential . Answer: An electrical impulse that travels down a
neuron's axon.
● axon . Answer: The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals.
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
● paper folding test . Answer: Measures spatial imagery—your ability to
visualize how shapes look when folded.
● conceptual peg hypothesis . Answer: The idea that concrete words
create mental images that help 'anchor' new associations for better
memory.
● filter in Broadbent's attention model . Answer: It blocks unattended
information so only important stimuli are processed further.
● mental imagery . Answer: Recreating sensory experiences in your
mind without actual input.
● disproving Aristotle's idea about thought . Answer: People who can't
visualize images can still think logically and abstractly.
● Concrete Operational stage . Answer: Includes understanding math
and logic (ages 7-11).
, ● centration . Answer: Focusing on one aspect of a situation and
ignoring others (common in young children).
● Preoperational Stage . Answer: Allows use of words and images to
represent objects.
● crystallized intelligence . Answer: Knowledge and skills built from
experience and education over time.
● key component of psychosocial development . Answer: Personality—
how individuals grow and develop a sense of self.
● schemas . Answer: Mental frameworks we use to organize and
interpret information.
● brain region linked to judging physical attraction . Answer: Lower
frontal cortex.
● action potential . Answer: An electrical impulse that travels down a
neuron's axon.
● axon . Answer: The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals.
