WGU D570: Cognitive Psychology Exam-Prep with complete and Verified Solutions | Latest 2025/2026 Update.

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Area in brain for spatial info about places rather than faces
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Parahippocampal


Area in brain that processes visual information about body parts
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other than face Extrastriate body area
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Area in brain of temporal lobe to process information about faces
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i,- Fusiform face area
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Which lobe of brain processes hearing
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Which lobe of brain receives information to guide behavior
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Frontal lobe i,-




Which lobe of brain processes from visual
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Study of mind i,- i,- i,-i,- i,- John Watson- behaviorism
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,cognitive development i,- i,-i,- i,- Jean Piaget, stages i,- i,-




Anatomy of the brain i,- i,- i,- i,-i,- i,- Alexander huth, brain map i,- i,- i,-




visual imageryi,- i,-i,- i,- Stephen kosslyn, perception i,- i,-




Human language i,- i,-i,- i,- Noam Chomsky, language acquisition
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analytic introspection Wilhelm Wundt, describe experiences
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& thought process in response to stimuli
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Artificial intelligence i,- i,-i,- i,- John McCarthy, make machines act like
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how a human would
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Behaviorism John Watson, studied observable behavior,
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rejects introspect & investigate unobservable mental processes
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Classical conditioning Ivan Pavlov & John Watson, neutral
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stimuli becomes associated w meaningful stimulus resulting in a
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,Cognition i,-i,- i,- All mental abilities like perceiving and thinking
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Cognitive psychology Study of mental processes,
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encompassing characteristics and properties of the mind
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Cognitive paradigm The approach of focusing on
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understanding mental processes and operation of mind i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-




Cognitive revolution a shift in psychology from the
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behaviorism to understand the operation of the mind
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Decision making processi,- i,- i,-i,- i,- Donders experiment, mental i,- i,- i,-



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Filter model of attention
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operation of the mind processing stages, directing attention to
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stimuli in the environment
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functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
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technique to examine changes in the activity of the working
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human brain by measuring changes in the blood's oxygen levels
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without radioactive tracers
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, Higher mental processes
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Operant conditioning B.F Skinner, focuses on how behavior is
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strengthened by positive reinforcers or withdrawal of negative
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reinforcers


Stimulus-response relationships Association between i,- i,-i,- i,- i,- i,-



stimulus & the resulting behavior, central focus of behaviorism
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Sensory memory A stage in Atkinson & Shriffins model of
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memory that holds incoming information for a fraction of a
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Short term memories
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of memory with limited capacity, holding information for seconds
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Savings curve Ebbinghaus finding that relearning lists of
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syllables takes less time than the original session
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