WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY FINAL
EXAM 2025-2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether
another person appears to be physically attractive?
Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron?
Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal?
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder?
Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks?
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?
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?
The student repeats silently what their instructor has said before writing it down.
What is measured by the paper folding test?
Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery?
The ability to recreate sensory information without physical stimuli
,What is a component of psychosocial development?
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference?
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?
The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing.
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?
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?
, 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?
The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories?
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?
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?
The person creates flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an
estimate of how appetizing the pastry appears.
EXAM 2025-2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether
another person appears to be physically attractive?
Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron?
Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal?
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder?
Working Memory Tests
,Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks?
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?
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?
The student repeats silently what their instructor has said before writing it down.
What is measured by the paper folding test?
Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery?
The ability to recreate sensory information without physical stimuli
,What is a component of psychosocial development?
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference?
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?
The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing.
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?
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?
, 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?
The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories?
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?
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?
The person creates flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an
estimate of how appetizing the pastry appears.
