WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology
study set 8 Question and answers
100% correct 2025/2026
How does top-down processing explain perception? - correct answer ✔perception is shaped by an
individual's prior knowledge and experience
How do psychologists view the role of experience in perception according to Gestalt's principles? -
correct answer ✔Gestalt Principles believe role experience in forming what perception is minor
compared to built in perception principles of organism
How does Natural selection explain the oblique effect? - correct answer ✔Through evolution visual
system was shaped to contain neuron that respond to things frequently found in the environment
What does the phrase "leaky filter" mean in Treisman's attenuation model - correct answer ✔some
unattended messages pass through the attenuator.
Jack was excited and cheered when his child scored at a soccer game and then became confused when
the ref called a foul and siallowed the goal. How does inattentional blindness explain Jack's confusion
over the ref's call? - correct answer ✔Jack was directing his attention to his child, so he did not see the
foul his kid's teammate committed, even though it was in plain sight, which is why he was confused
when the goal didn't count.
How does attention affect information processing? - correct answer ✔It improves processing when
directed at a particular location
What is the relationship between perceptual load and a person's processing capacity? - correct answer
✔person carrying out a difficult, high-load task is less likely to be distracted because they have the lower
limits of processing capacity.
study set 8 Question and answers
100% correct 2025/2026
How does top-down processing explain perception? - correct answer ✔perception is shaped by an
individual's prior knowledge and experience
How do psychologists view the role of experience in perception according to Gestalt's principles? -
correct answer ✔Gestalt Principles believe role experience in forming what perception is minor
compared to built in perception principles of organism
How does Natural selection explain the oblique effect? - correct answer ✔Through evolution visual
system was shaped to contain neuron that respond to things frequently found in the environment
What does the phrase "leaky filter" mean in Treisman's attenuation model - correct answer ✔some
unattended messages pass through the attenuator.
Jack was excited and cheered when his child scored at a soccer game and then became confused when
the ref called a foul and siallowed the goal. How does inattentional blindness explain Jack's confusion
over the ref's call? - correct answer ✔Jack was directing his attention to his child, so he did not see the
foul his kid's teammate committed, even though it was in plain sight, which is why he was confused
when the goal didn't count.
How does attention affect information processing? - correct answer ✔It improves processing when
directed at a particular location
What is the relationship between perceptual load and a person's processing capacity? - correct answer
✔person carrying out a difficult, high-load task is less likely to be distracted because they have the lower
limits of processing capacity.
