WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA EXAM
COMPLETE ACTUAL EXAM 2024-2025 REAL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS) A NEW UPDATED
VERSION |ALREADY GRADED A+
A student started a new club for their school and is thinking of
ways to increase participation. Which scenario is based on the
student's use of analogical transfer? - Answer-The student uses
colorful flyers to advertise the club because they remember
that this strategy previously led to increased school voting.
A musician is having a difficult time composing a new song.
They spend a week camping alone in the mountains,
completing the song while in the wilderness. How can the
musician's solitude contribute to this creativity and solve the
problem? - Answer-The musician could avoid distractions and
find space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
What is the relationship between open monitoring meditation
and creativity? - Answer-Open monitoring meditation is
associated with enhanced creativity because it causes greater
activation of the default mode network.
,A basketball coach is judging two potential players for
recruitment and presumes that the taller athlete is more
talented than the shorter one. What thought process does the
coach utilize? - Answer-A stereotype about height and
performance
A first-year university student readily makes new friends with
their engineering classmates. The student assumes that all
engineers must be outgoing like their classmates. How does
this case demonstrate misuse of the representativeness
heuristic? - Answer-The student shows a bias involving a small
sample of the population.
Some states apply rules such as "if a citizen reaches the age of
16, then they may obtain a driver's license." how does
deductive reasoning govern such rules? - Answer-by applying
permission schemas
Which conclusion is drawn from performance on conditional
reasoning tasks, such as the Watson four-card problem? -
Answer-Performance improves when problems are stated in
real-world terms
,Why do humans naturally gravitate toward using the oblique
effect when constructing our own environments? - Answer-
Because horizontals and verticals occur more frequently in the
natural world
How do intentions influence mirror neurons? - Answer-Mirror
neurons address the cause of actions, and respond with varying
degrees of activity based on intentions and context.
A community construction project is proposed in two different
ways to an environmentally conscious audience. Group A is told
that only 20% of the trees will be torn down, while group B is
told that 80% of the trees will be saved. Which statement
accurately describes the groups' anticipated responses to the
community project, based on the principles of the framing
effect? - Answer-Group B is more likely to favor the project
since the focus is on retention and gain of 80% of the trees,
rather than the 20% loss of trees.
A student is in a study lounge watching a video for a class and
can fuly focus on the video despite people chatting in the
background and a clock loudly ticking. How does the student
process different stimuli in order to focus on the desired task? -
Answer-The student filters stimuli through the cocktail party
effect.
, A person plans to attend a reception later that night and needs
to select an out for the event. Which statement demonstrates
an automatic decision for the person? - Answer-They quickly
decide on an outfit they typically wear to events without being
consciously aware that they selected it.
How did strayer and johnston's research influence the study of
attention? - Answer-By demonstrating that both attention and
response time are negatively impacted by talking on a mobile
device while driving
A researcher presents a video of a street intersection and asks
that participants count how many people walked through the
intersection. In the video, a limousine passes through the
intersection. Which example would demonstrated in-
attentional blindness? - Answer-Some participants do not
notice the limousine because they are focused on the people
A hiker walks along a trail looking for a spot for a picture when
an unseen snake hisses from the nearby woods. Which
statement is true regarding the hiker's ability to notice the
snake? - Answer-They will notice the snake's hiss if they
recognize it as a danger signal
COMPLETE ACTUAL EXAM 2024-2025 REAL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS) A NEW UPDATED
VERSION |ALREADY GRADED A+
A student started a new club for their school and is thinking of
ways to increase participation. Which scenario is based on the
student's use of analogical transfer? - Answer-The student uses
colorful flyers to advertise the club because they remember
that this strategy previously led to increased school voting.
A musician is having a difficult time composing a new song.
They spend a week camping alone in the mountains,
completing the song while in the wilderness. How can the
musician's solitude contribute to this creativity and solve the
problem? - Answer-The musician could avoid distractions and
find space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
What is the relationship between open monitoring meditation
and creativity? - Answer-Open monitoring meditation is
associated with enhanced creativity because it causes greater
activation of the default mode network.
,A basketball coach is judging two potential players for
recruitment and presumes that the taller athlete is more
talented than the shorter one. What thought process does the
coach utilize? - Answer-A stereotype about height and
performance
A first-year university student readily makes new friends with
their engineering classmates. The student assumes that all
engineers must be outgoing like their classmates. How does
this case demonstrate misuse of the representativeness
heuristic? - Answer-The student shows a bias involving a small
sample of the population.
Some states apply rules such as "if a citizen reaches the age of
16, then they may obtain a driver's license." how does
deductive reasoning govern such rules? - Answer-by applying
permission schemas
Which conclusion is drawn from performance on conditional
reasoning tasks, such as the Watson four-card problem? -
Answer-Performance improves when problems are stated in
real-world terms
,Why do humans naturally gravitate toward using the oblique
effect when constructing our own environments? - Answer-
Because horizontals and verticals occur more frequently in the
natural world
How do intentions influence mirror neurons? - Answer-Mirror
neurons address the cause of actions, and respond with varying
degrees of activity based on intentions and context.
A community construction project is proposed in two different
ways to an environmentally conscious audience. Group A is told
that only 20% of the trees will be torn down, while group B is
told that 80% of the trees will be saved. Which statement
accurately describes the groups' anticipated responses to the
community project, based on the principles of the framing
effect? - Answer-Group B is more likely to favor the project
since the focus is on retention and gain of 80% of the trees,
rather than the 20% loss of trees.
A student is in a study lounge watching a video for a class and
can fuly focus on the video despite people chatting in the
background and a clock loudly ticking. How does the student
process different stimuli in order to focus on the desired task? -
Answer-The student filters stimuli through the cocktail party
effect.
, A person plans to attend a reception later that night and needs
to select an out for the event. Which statement demonstrates
an automatic decision for the person? - Answer-They quickly
decide on an outfit they typically wear to events without being
consciously aware that they selected it.
How did strayer and johnston's research influence the study of
attention? - Answer-By demonstrating that both attention and
response time are negatively impacted by talking on a mobile
device while driving
A researcher presents a video of a street intersection and asks
that participants count how many people walked through the
intersection. In the video, a limousine passes through the
intersection. Which example would demonstrated in-
attentional blindness? - Answer-Some participants do not
notice the limousine because they are focused on the people
A hiker walks along a trail looking for a spot for a picture when
an unseen snake hisses from the nearby woods. Which
statement is true regarding the hiker's ability to notice the
snake? - Answer-They will notice the snake's hiss if they
recognize it as a danger signal
