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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT FINAL VERIFIED EXAM VERSION 2
NEWEST 2026/2027 COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
A team of computer programmers is trying to find a
solution to fix a problem with their company's email
system. After working on the problem for several hours,
they have yet to solve it.
How can the programmers use incubation to solve the
problem? - ANSWER-The programmers agree to take a
two-hour lunch break, and once they return, they come up
with several possible solutions.
Mirror Neurons - ANSWER-Mirror neurons fire when an
individual performs an action or experiences an emotion,
and they also fire when an individual simply sees others
perform an action or experience an emotion.
Sophia is a mental health therapist and her client, Oliver,
expressed grief over the recent death of his mother.
Sophia also finds herself feeling sad.
How do mirror neurons explain Sophia's empathy for her
client? - ANSWER-When she observed her client's
sadness, mirror neurons in her brain fired, allowing her to
feel empathy for him as a result.
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How does top-down processing explain perception? -
ANSWER-Perception is shaped by an individual's prior
knowledge and experience.
Gestalt Psychology - ANSWER-We have innate, built-in
principles of perceptual organization (like proximity,
similarity, continuity).
How do psychologists view the role of experience in
perception, according to Gestalt principles? - ANSWER-
Gestalt psychologists believe that the role of experience in
forming what is perceived is minor compared to the built-in
perceptual principles of organization.
How does natural selection explain the oblique effect? -
ANSWER-Through evolution, the visual system was
shaped to contain neurons that respond to things
frequently found in the environment.
What does the phrase "leaky filter" mean in Treisman's
attenuation model? - ANSWER-In Treisman's model, some
unattended messages pass through the attenuator.
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What is the relationship between perceptual load and a
person's processing capacity? - ANSWER-A person
carrying out a difficult, high-load task is less likely to be
distracted because they have the lower limits of
processing capacity.
Travis took a vacation to a foreign country. While there, he
was robbed. Travis now believes that everyone from that
country is a thief.
How do illusory correlations contribute to making
judgments that result in stereotyping? - ANSWER-By
creating a perceived relationship between certain groups
of people and specific behaviors
All of the dogs are hungry.Some hungry animals are
aggressive.Some of the dogs are aggressive.
What causes some people to mistakenly think this is a
valid syllogism? - ANSWER-All of the dogs are
hungry.Some hungry animals are aggressive.Some of the
dogs are aggressive.
What causes some people to mistakenly think this is a
valid syllogism?
Which example demonstrates the interaction between
episodic and personal semantic memories? - ANSWER-A
person is building a bookshelf and remembers the last one
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT FINAL VERIFIED EXAM VERSION 2
NEWEST 2026/2027 COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
A team of computer programmers is trying to find a
solution to fix a problem with their company's email
system. After working on the problem for several hours,
they have yet to solve it.
How can the programmers use incubation to solve the
problem? - ANSWER-The programmers agree to take a
two-hour lunch break, and once they return, they come up
with several possible solutions.
Mirror Neurons - ANSWER-Mirror neurons fire when an
individual performs an action or experiences an emotion,
and they also fire when an individual simply sees others
perform an action or experience an emotion.
Sophia is a mental health therapist and her client, Oliver,
expressed grief over the recent death of his mother.
Sophia also finds herself feeling sad.
How do mirror neurons explain Sophia's empathy for her
client? - ANSWER-When she observed her client's
sadness, mirror neurons in her brain fired, allowing her to
feel empathy for him as a result.
,2|Page
How does top-down processing explain perception? -
ANSWER-Perception is shaped by an individual's prior
knowledge and experience.
Gestalt Psychology - ANSWER-We have innate, built-in
principles of perceptual organization (like proximity,
similarity, continuity).
How do psychologists view the role of experience in
perception, according to Gestalt principles? - ANSWER-
Gestalt psychologists believe that the role of experience in
forming what is perceived is minor compared to the built-in
perceptual principles of organization.
How does natural selection explain the oblique effect? -
ANSWER-Through evolution, the visual system was
shaped to contain neurons that respond to things
frequently found in the environment.
What does the phrase "leaky filter" mean in Treisman's
attenuation model? - ANSWER-In Treisman's model, some
unattended messages pass through the attenuator.
, 3|Page
What is the relationship between perceptual load and a
person's processing capacity? - ANSWER-A person
carrying out a difficult, high-load task is less likely to be
distracted because they have the lower limits of
processing capacity.
Travis took a vacation to a foreign country. While there, he
was robbed. Travis now believes that everyone from that
country is a thief.
How do illusory correlations contribute to making
judgments that result in stereotyping? - ANSWER-By
creating a perceived relationship between certain groups
of people and specific behaviors
All of the dogs are hungry.Some hungry animals are
aggressive.Some of the dogs are aggressive.
What causes some people to mistakenly think this is a
valid syllogism? - ANSWER-All of the dogs are
hungry.Some hungry animals are aggressive.Some of the
dogs are aggressive.
What causes some people to mistakenly think this is a
valid syllogism?
Which example demonstrates the interaction between
episodic and personal semantic memories? - ANSWER-A
person is building a bookshelf and remembers the last one
