WGU cognitive psychology D570 Questions
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Graded A+
Studying the relationship between environmental stimuli
and observable behavior. [ Ans: ] behaviorism
Measures spatial imagery—your ability to visualize how
shapes look when folded. [ Ans: ] paper folding test
The idea that concrete words create mental images that
help 'anchor' new associations for better memory. [ Ans: ]
conceptual peg hypothesis
It blocks unattended information so only important
stimuli are processed further. [ Ans: ] filter in Broadbent's
attention model
Recreating sensory experiences in your mind without
actual input. [ Ans: ] mental imagery
People who can't visualize images can still think logically
and abstractly. [ Ans: ] disproving Aristotle's idea about
thought
Includes understanding math and logic (ages 7-11). [ Ans:
] Concrete Operational stage
Focusing on one aspect of a situation and ignoring others
(common in young children). [ Ans: ] centration
, Allows use of words and images to represent objects. [
Ans: ] Preoperational Stage
Knowledge and skills built from experience and education
over time. [ Ans: ] crystallized intelligence
Personality—how individuals grow and develop a sense of
self. [ Ans: ] key component of psychosocial development
Mental frameworks we use to organize and interpret
information. [ Ans: ] schemas
Lower frontal cortex. [ Ans: ] brain region linked to
judging physical attraction
An electrical impulse that travels down a neuron's axon. [
Ans: ] action potential
The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals. [ Ans: ]
axon
The brain initially misinterprets a sentence structure and
then has to reanalyze it. [ Ans: ] garden path model of
sentence parsing
Linking a pronoun like 'it' back to something earlier in a
sentence or text. [ Ans: ] anaphoric inference
Deciding one event was caused by another based on
sentence context. [ Ans: ] causal inference in reading
and Answers (100% Correct Answers) Already
Graded A+
Studying the relationship between environmental stimuli
and observable behavior. [ Ans: ] behaviorism
Measures spatial imagery—your ability to visualize how
shapes look when folded. [ Ans: ] paper folding test
The idea that concrete words create mental images that
help 'anchor' new associations for better memory. [ Ans: ]
conceptual peg hypothesis
It blocks unattended information so only important
stimuli are processed further. [ Ans: ] filter in Broadbent's
attention model
Recreating sensory experiences in your mind without
actual input. [ Ans: ] mental imagery
People who can't visualize images can still think logically
and abstractly. [ Ans: ] disproving Aristotle's idea about
thought
Includes understanding math and logic (ages 7-11). [ Ans:
] Concrete Operational stage
Focusing on one aspect of a situation and ignoring others
(common in young children). [ Ans: ] centration
, Allows use of words and images to represent objects. [
Ans: ] Preoperational Stage
Knowledge and skills built from experience and education
over time. [ Ans: ] crystallized intelligence
Personality—how individuals grow and develop a sense of
self. [ Ans: ] key component of psychosocial development
Mental frameworks we use to organize and interpret
information. [ Ans: ] schemas
Lower frontal cortex. [ Ans: ] brain region linked to
judging physical attraction
An electrical impulse that travels down a neuron's axon. [
Ans: ] action potential
The part of a neuron that carries electrical signals. [ Ans: ]
axon
The brain initially misinterprets a sentence structure and
then has to reanalyze it. [ Ans: ] garden path model of
sentence parsing
Linking a pronoun like 'it' back to something earlier in a
sentence or text. [ Ans: ] anaphoric inference
Deciding one event was caused by another based on
sentence context. [ Ans: ] causal inference in reading
