WGU Cognitive Psychology OA Exam
Study Guide 2026 With Questions And
Answers Written Correctly
What is Primary Inference? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A direct conclusion drawn from observable
facts
"The grass is wet, it must have rained."
What is Causal Inference? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Cause and effect
"She drinks water everyday, that's why she skin cleared up"
What is a Schema? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A mental framework or organized knowledge
structure that helps people interpret and understand information.
"Based on your restaurant schema, when you walk into a restaurant, you expect to be seated, given a
menu, order food, and pay afterward."
What is a Flash Bulb memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A very clear and vivid recall of a shocking
event in one's life.
What is explict memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Memories of facts and experiences that one
can consciously recall and describe; also called declarative memories.
You remember and can explain that you visited Paris in 2020 and that the Eiffel Tower was larger than
you expected.
what is implicit memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Memories that influence our behavior without
conscious awareness; typically, skills and conditioned responses.
, You automatically know how to ride a bike even after many years without consciously recalling how you
learned.
What is the conjunction rule? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Possibility of two events happening
together is always less than or equal to the probability of either one happening alone.
Probability
How does one still have the ability to perceive an object with Ballistic vision? - correct
answer<✔✔💖💖Prior information gathered of surrounding environment
What is Tacit memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Form of implicit memory where Memory for
skills and actions that you perform without thinking about them unconscious memory you can't easily
explain.
Why did Watson disagree with other Psychologist? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Watson disagreed
with the philosophy of psychology that emphasized subjective experiences and mental states, which
were central to schools of thought like introspectionism and structuralism
What is the term for for information that is acquired - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Learning
contingency strategy - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A negotiating strategy is one in which a person gets
what he or she wants if something else happens.
"In the event of"... " "I WILL DO A, IF YOU DO B FIRST"
Trade-Off Strategy - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A negotiating strategy in which one person says to
another, "I'll give you A, if you will give me B."
Study Guide 2026 With Questions And
Answers Written Correctly
What is Primary Inference? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A direct conclusion drawn from observable
facts
"The grass is wet, it must have rained."
What is Causal Inference? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Cause and effect
"She drinks water everyday, that's why she skin cleared up"
What is a Schema? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A mental framework or organized knowledge
structure that helps people interpret and understand information.
"Based on your restaurant schema, when you walk into a restaurant, you expect to be seated, given a
menu, order food, and pay afterward."
What is a Flash Bulb memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A very clear and vivid recall of a shocking
event in one's life.
What is explict memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Memories of facts and experiences that one
can consciously recall and describe; also called declarative memories.
You remember and can explain that you visited Paris in 2020 and that the Eiffel Tower was larger than
you expected.
what is implicit memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Memories that influence our behavior without
conscious awareness; typically, skills and conditioned responses.
, You automatically know how to ride a bike even after many years without consciously recalling how you
learned.
What is the conjunction rule? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Possibility of two events happening
together is always less than or equal to the probability of either one happening alone.
Probability
How does one still have the ability to perceive an object with Ballistic vision? - correct
answer<✔✔💖💖Prior information gathered of surrounding environment
What is Tacit memory? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Form of implicit memory where Memory for
skills and actions that you perform without thinking about them unconscious memory you can't easily
explain.
Why did Watson disagree with other Psychologist? - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Watson disagreed
with the philosophy of psychology that emphasized subjective experiences and mental states, which
were central to schools of thought like introspectionism and structuralism
What is the term for for information that is acquired - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Learning
contingency strategy - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A negotiating strategy is one in which a person gets
what he or she wants if something else happens.
"In the event of"... " "I WILL DO A, IF YOU DO B FIRST"
Trade-Off Strategy - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A negotiating strategy in which one person says to
another, "I'll give you A, if you will give me B."
