WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology
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Which example demonstrates Newell and Simon's approach to problem solving? -
verified answers-A person planning an event makes a list of to-dos and begins working
on one task at a time until they are all completed
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a problem statement is presented
for effective problem solving? - verified answers-A person reads a prompt for an essay
question and notices that the teacher used certain language, which helped the person
eliminate incorrect answers.
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? -
verified answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified
answers-by applying permission schemas
Which conclusion is drawn from performance on conditional reasoning tasks, such as
the Watson four-card problem? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-Because horizontals and verticals occur
more frequently in the natural world
How do intentions influence mirror neurons? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? -
verified answers-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? - verified answers-They will notice the snake's hiss if they recognize it as a
danger signal
Why is binding important in attention? - verified answers-Binding makes it possible to
perceive a whole object rather than a collection of it parts
A traveler can attend to what the hotel's concierge says about lunch options based on
how loudly they are speaking, while disregarding other verbal communications
happening in the noisy lobby. How is Broadbent's model of attention used in this
scenario? - verified answers-The traveler uses filtering to focus on the lunch options
over the lobby noise
A person went on a trip to the ocean. Which example shows the concept of
autobiographical memory as an integration of episodic and semantic memories for this
scenario? - verified answers-The person remembers jumping in the waves and the
outdoor temperature that day.
How does the generation effect relate to attention in a paired-associate task? - verified
answers-Having participants engage in word completion focused attention longer on
each word pair, compared to shallow word processing.
Which stimuli are remembered best in a long-term memory task according to Nairne's
evolutionary theory of encoding? - verified answers-Stimuli judged as useful for
providing protection
Which example shows the difference between the standard model of consolidation and
the multiple trace model of consolidation regarding encoding episodic memories about a
trip to a lake? - verified answers-The standard model of consolidation argues that the
hippocampus is involved only in the early development of lake trip memories, but the
multiple trace model argues that the hippocampus remains active in long-term trip
memories.
What is the mind's central role? - verified answers-determining our various mental
abilities such as perception, attention, memory, emotion, language, deciding, thinking,
and reasoning.
Cognitive psychology - verified answers-study of mental processes, which includes
determining the characteristics and properties of the mind and how it operates. Focuses
on the basic mechanisms of the mind.
Who conducted on of the first experiments of Cognitive Psychology in 1868, 11 years
before the founding of the 1st laboratory of scientific psychology? - verified answers-
Franciscus Donders
Updated 2O25 Questions With Answers
Verified By Expert
Which example demonstrates Newell and Simon's approach to problem solving? -
verified answers-A person planning an event makes a list of to-dos and begins working
on one task at a time until they are all completed
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a problem statement is presented
for effective problem solving? - verified answers-A person reads a prompt for an essay
question and notices that the teacher used certain language, which helped the person
eliminate incorrect answers.
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? -
verified answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified
answers-by applying permission schemas
Which conclusion is drawn from performance on conditional reasoning tasks, such as
the Watson four-card problem? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-Because horizontals and verticals occur
more frequently in the natural world
How do intentions influence mirror neurons? - verified answers-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? - verified answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? - verified
answers-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? -
verified answers-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? - verified answers-They will notice the snake's hiss if they recognize it as a
danger signal
Why is binding important in attention? - verified answers-Binding makes it possible to
perceive a whole object rather than a collection of it parts
A traveler can attend to what the hotel's concierge says about lunch options based on
how loudly they are speaking, while disregarding other verbal communications
happening in the noisy lobby. How is Broadbent's model of attention used in this
scenario? - verified answers-The traveler uses filtering to focus on the lunch options
over the lobby noise
A person went on a trip to the ocean. Which example shows the concept of
autobiographical memory as an integration of episodic and semantic memories for this
scenario? - verified answers-The person remembers jumping in the waves and the
outdoor temperature that day.
How does the generation effect relate to attention in a paired-associate task? - verified
answers-Having participants engage in word completion focused attention longer on
each word pair, compared to shallow word processing.
Which stimuli are remembered best in a long-term memory task according to Nairne's
evolutionary theory of encoding? - verified answers-Stimuli judged as useful for
providing protection
Which example shows the difference between the standard model of consolidation and
the multiple trace model of consolidation regarding encoding episodic memories about a
trip to a lake? - verified answers-The standard model of consolidation argues that the
hippocampus is involved only in the early development of lake trip memories, but the
multiple trace model argues that the hippocampus remains active in long-term trip
memories.
What is the mind's central role? - verified answers-determining our various mental
abilities such as perception, attention, memory, emotion, language, deciding, thinking,
and reasoning.
Cognitive psychology - verified answers-study of mental processes, which includes
determining the characteristics and properties of the mind and how it operates. Focuses
on the basic mechanisms of the mind.
Who conducted on of the first experiments of Cognitive Psychology in 1868, 11 years
before the founding of the 1st laboratory of scientific psychology? - verified answers-
Franciscus Donders
