WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology OA Exam
Complete Actual Exam Questions and
Answers (2026/2027) | Newest Practice
Questions | 100% Correct Answers | A+
• What is the correct sequence of memory stores according to Atkinson
and Shiffrin's Modal Model of Memory? -✓✓Sensory → Short-Term
→ Long-Term
• Which method in Sperling's sensory memory experiments
demonstrated that people register more information than they can report?
-✓✓Partial report
• What type of sensory memory lasts longest? -✓✓Echoic memory
• What concept illustrates the ability to remember 7 digits with a margin
of two? -✓✓Digit span capacity
• How does chunking increase short-term memory capacity? -
✓✓Grouping items into meaningful units
• Which component of working memory handles visual and spatial
information? -✓✓Visuospatial sketchpad
, • What is the phenomenon called where similar sounding words are
confused in short-term recall? -✓✓Phonological similarity effect
• What effect does articulatory suppression have on memory? -
✓✓Blocks rehearsal and removes phonological similarity effect
• In the serial position curve, what is the Recency effect attributed to? -
✓✓Short-term memory retention
• Which coding type leads to the strongest long-term memory? -
✓✓Semantic coding
• What is proactive interference? -✓✓Old memories block new
memories
• Which brain area is critical for forming new long-term memories? -
✓✓Hippocampus
• How is episodic memory best described? -✓✓Memory for personal
experiences with context
• How does maintenance rehearsal differ from elaborative rehearsal? -
✓✓Involves shallow, repetitive processing
Complete Actual Exam Questions and
Answers (2026/2027) | Newest Practice
Questions | 100% Correct Answers | A+
• What is the correct sequence of memory stores according to Atkinson
and Shiffrin's Modal Model of Memory? -✓✓Sensory → Short-Term
→ Long-Term
• Which method in Sperling's sensory memory experiments
demonstrated that people register more information than they can report?
-✓✓Partial report
• What type of sensory memory lasts longest? -✓✓Echoic memory
• What concept illustrates the ability to remember 7 digits with a margin
of two? -✓✓Digit span capacity
• How does chunking increase short-term memory capacity? -
✓✓Grouping items into meaningful units
• Which component of working memory handles visual and spatial
information? -✓✓Visuospatial sketchpad
, • What is the phenomenon called where similar sounding words are
confused in short-term recall? -✓✓Phonological similarity effect
• What effect does articulatory suppression have on memory? -
✓✓Blocks rehearsal and removes phonological similarity effect
• In the serial position curve, what is the Recency effect attributed to? -
✓✓Short-term memory retention
• Which coding type leads to the strongest long-term memory? -
✓✓Semantic coding
• What is proactive interference? -✓✓Old memories block new
memories
• Which brain area is critical for forming new long-term memories? -
✓✓Hippocampus
• How is episodic memory best described? -✓✓Memory for personal
experiences with context
• How does maintenance rehearsal differ from elaborative rehearsal? -
✓✓Involves shallow, repetitive processing
