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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OA AND PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
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
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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.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated
when someone determines whether another
person appears to be physically attractive?
>>correct answer >> Frontal Cortex
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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.
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Which explanation shows how multiple forms
of memory would contribute to effective
execution of a mental math problem?
>>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
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OA AND PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
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
,2|Page
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.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated
when someone determines whether another
person appears to be physically attractive?
>>correct answer >> Frontal Cortex
,3|Page
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.
, 4|Page
Which explanation shows how multiple forms
of memory would contribute to effective
execution of a mental math problem?
>>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
