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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
What is measured by the paper folding test? - correct answer-
Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - correct answer- The ability to
recreate sensory information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - correct
answer- Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was
traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive
process illustrates casual inference? - correct 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? - correct answer- The students both
start speaking loudly and gesturing.
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Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone
determines whether another person appears to be physically
attractive? - correct answer- Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a
neuron? - correct answer- Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - correct
answer- Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
with a substance abuse disorder? - correct answer- Working
Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the
persistence of vision when watching fireworks? - correct
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? -
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correct 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? -
correct 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? - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct answer- The first word
presented receives the persons full attention.
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Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept
of autobiographically significant semantic memories? - correct
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? - correct answer- The person imagines each fish
on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
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? -
correct answer- The person creates flashcards for the names of
the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how appetizing
the pastry appears.
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? - correct
answer- Source monitoring
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
EXAM 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
What is measured by the paper folding test? - correct answer-
Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - correct answer- The ability to
recreate sensory information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - correct
answer- Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was
traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive
process illustrates casual inference? - correct 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? - correct answer- The students both
start speaking loudly and gesturing.
,2 | Page
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone
determines whether another person appears to be physically
attractive? - correct answer- Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a
neuron? - correct answer- Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - correct
answer- Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
with a substance abuse disorder? - correct answer- Working
Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the
persistence of vision when watching fireworks? - correct
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? -
,3 | Page
correct 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? -
correct 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? - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct answer- The first word
presented receives the persons full attention.
, 4 | Page
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept
of autobiographically significant semantic memories? - correct
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? - correct answer- The person imagines each fish
on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
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? -
correct answer- The person creates flashcards for the names of
the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how appetizing
the pastry appears.
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? - correct
answer- Source monitoring
