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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
EXAM 2026 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
What is measured by the paper folding test? - correct answer-
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Spatial Imagery
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What is mental imagery? - correct answer- The ability to recreate
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sensory information without physical stimuli
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What is a component of psychosocial development? - correct
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answer- Personality
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Achild reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was
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traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process
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illustrates casual inference? - correct answer- The child infers
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that the hills being beautiful are caused by the motion of the
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moving car
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Which conversation between two students demonstrates the
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process of entrainment? - correct answer- The students both
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start speaking loudly and gesturing.
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Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone
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determines whether another person appears to be physically
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attractive? - correct answer- Frontal Cortex
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What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a
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neuron? - correct answer- Action Potential
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Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - correct
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answer- Axon
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Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
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with a substance abuse disorder? - correct answer- Working
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Memory Tests
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Which example shows how sensory memory results in the
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persistence of vision when watching fireworks? - correct
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answer- Fireworks appear as falling trails of light due to iconic
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memories lasting fractions of a second.
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Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would
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contribute to effective execution of a mental math problem? -
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correct answer- Numbers are held in short-term memory and
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manipulations are conducted on the numbers in working
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memory when solving the math problem.
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Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal
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process contributes to a student's short-term memory for course
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lecture material, according to Baddeley's model? - correct
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answer- The student repeats silently what their instructor has
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said before writing it down.
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A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors
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whose pictures were briefly presented upside down. What
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explains how the episodic buffer enhances working memory in
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this scenario? - correct answer- The episodic buffer connects with
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long-term memory of the actors' faces and names, bringing
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content into working memory.
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How does activity-silent working memory help performance on
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mental rotation problems? - correct answer- Strengthening of
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connections between neurons helps performance on mental
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rotation problems
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How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words
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presented sequentially? - correct answer- The first word
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presented receives the persons full attention.
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Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept | | | | | |
of autobiographically significant semantic memories? - correct
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answer- Person recalls the name of the actor that they saw in
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the airport years ago.
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A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will
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occur in one week. Which example illustrates the combined long-
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term memory encoding strategies of visual imagery and
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organization? - correct answer- The person imagines each fish
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on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
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A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at
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a bakery. Which example shows the interaction between the
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deep processing strategies of generation and self-reference? -
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correct answer- The person creates flashcards for the names of
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the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how appetizing the
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pastry appears.
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A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist
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most have not heard of. Which process occurs when the person
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tries to remember how they learned that fact? - correct answer-
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Source monitoring
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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
EXAM 2026 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
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Achild 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
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What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a
| | | | | | | | | | |
neuron? - correct answer- Action Potential
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Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - correct
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answer- Axon
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Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
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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
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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.
| | | | | |
, 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
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