WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology OA Objective
Assessment
What did Vygotsky state was important for development in children? - ANS-Social
interaction and Culture
What is Primary Inference? - ANS-A direct conclusion drawn from observable facts
"The grass is wet, it must have rained."
What is Causal Inference? - ANS-Cause and effect
"She drinks water everyday, that's why she skin cleared up"
What is a Schema? - ANS-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? - ANS-A very clear and vivid recall of a shocking
event in one's life.
What is explict memory? - ANS-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? - ANS-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 illusory correlation? - ANS-Cognitive bias where two events are associated
and individuals mistakenly believe they are related even if there is no connection.
"False belief or stereotype"
What is the conjunction rule? - ANS-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? - ANS-
Prior information gathered of surrounding environment
What is Tacit memory? - ANS-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? - ANS-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 - ANS-Learning
contingency strategy - ANS-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 - ANS-A negotiating strategy in which one person says to
another, "I'll give you A, if you will give me B."
Functional Fixedness - ANS-The tendency to think of things only in terms of their
usual functions; an impediment to problem solving
Oblique effect - ANS-An effect where humans
perceive horizontals and
verticals more quickly than
other orientations due to
the physical regularity of
more frequent vertical and
horizontal orientations in
the environment.
Gestalt Approach - ANS-The mind perceives
things as whole forms
rather than just a
collection of parts.
"GESTALT" IS GERMAN
FOR "SHAPE" OR "FORM.
Weapon Focus - ANS-WEAPON BLINDNESS
the tendency to focus attention on a weapon that results in a narrowing of
attention. Apparently, the presence of a weapon that was fired distracted attention
from other things that were happening
Assessment
What did Vygotsky state was important for development in children? - ANS-Social
interaction and Culture
What is Primary Inference? - ANS-A direct conclusion drawn from observable facts
"The grass is wet, it must have rained."
What is Causal Inference? - ANS-Cause and effect
"She drinks water everyday, that's why she skin cleared up"
What is a Schema? - ANS-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? - ANS-A very clear and vivid recall of a shocking
event in one's life.
What is explict memory? - ANS-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? - ANS-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 illusory correlation? - ANS-Cognitive bias where two events are associated
and individuals mistakenly believe they are related even if there is no connection.
"False belief or stereotype"
What is the conjunction rule? - ANS-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? - ANS-
Prior information gathered of surrounding environment
What is Tacit memory? - ANS-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? - ANS-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 - ANS-Learning
contingency strategy - ANS-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 - ANS-A negotiating strategy in which one person says to
another, "I'll give you A, if you will give me B."
Functional Fixedness - ANS-The tendency to think of things only in terms of their
usual functions; an impediment to problem solving
Oblique effect - ANS-An effect where humans
perceive horizontals and
verticals more quickly than
other orientations due to
the physical regularity of
more frequent vertical and
horizontal orientations in
the environment.
Gestalt Approach - ANS-The mind perceives
things as whole forms
rather than just a
collection of parts.
"GESTALT" IS GERMAN
FOR "SHAPE" OR "FORM.
Weapon Focus - ANS-WEAPON BLINDNESS
the tendency to focus attention on a weapon that results in a narrowing of
attention. Apparently, the presence of a weapon that was fired distracted attention
from other things that were happening
