WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA AND PRE ASSESSMENT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2025
What is measured by the paper folding test? - CORRECT ANSWER- Spatial
Imagery
What is mental imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
CORRECT ANSWER- The child infers that the hills being beautiful are caused
by the motion of the moving car
Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of
entrainment? - CORRECT ANSWER- The students both start speaking loudly
and gesturing.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether
another person appears to be physically attractive? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Frontal Cortex
,What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER- Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks? - CORRECT ANSWER- Fireworks appear as falling
trails of light due to iconic memories lasting fractions of a second.
Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would contribute to
effective execution of a mental math problem? - CORRECT ANSWER- Numbers
are held in short-term memory and manipulations are conducted on the numbers in
working memory when solving the math problem.
Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal process contributes to a
student's short-term memory for course lecture material, according to Baddeley's
model? - CORRECT ANSWER- The student repeats silently what their instructor
has said before writing it down.
A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors whose pictures were
briefly presented upside down. What explains how the episodic buffer enhances
working memory in this scenario? - CORRECT ANSWER- The episodic buffer
connects with long-term memory of the actors' faces and names, bringing content
into working memory.
,How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental rotation
problems? - CORRECT ANSWER- Strengthening of connections between
neurons helps performance on mental rotation problems
How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words presented
sequentially? - CORRECT ANSWER- The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically
significant semantic memories? - CORRECT ANSWER- Person recalls the name
of the actor that they saw in the airport years ago.
A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will occur in one
week. Which example illustrates the combined long-term memory encoding
strategies of visual imagery and organization? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
person imagines each fish on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish
types.
A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery. Which
example shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies of
generation and self-reference? - CORRECT ANSWER- The person creates
flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how
appetizing the pastry appears.
A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not heard
of. Which process occurs when the person tries to remember how they learned that
fact? - CORRECT ANSWER- Source monitoring
, Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which
participants played a gambling game on a computer and were later shown a
modified video of themselves cheating. What did this experiment reveal about false
confessions? - CORRECT ANSWER- Participants confessed to cheating after
being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall cheating
indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER- A person remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Identifying the relationship between environmental
stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Conceptual peg hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended
messages? - CORRECT ANSWER- Filter
Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without
an image"? - CORRECT ANSWER- People who cannot visualize images are still
capable of thinking
Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory does an individual begin to
understand mathematical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER- Concrete
Operational
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2025
What is measured by the paper folding test? - CORRECT ANSWER- Spatial
Imagery
What is mental imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the
hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
CORRECT ANSWER- The child infers that the hills being beautiful are caused
by the motion of the moving car
Which conversation between two students demonstrates the process of
entrainment? - CORRECT ANSWER- The students both start speaking loudly
and gesturing.
Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether
another person appears to be physically attractive? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Frontal Cortex
,What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance
abuse disorder? - CORRECT ANSWER- Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision
when watching fireworks? - CORRECT ANSWER- Fireworks appear as falling
trails of light due to iconic memories lasting fractions of a second.
Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would contribute to
effective execution of a mental math problem? - CORRECT ANSWER- Numbers
are held in short-term memory and manipulations are conducted on the numbers in
working memory when solving the math problem.
Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal process contributes to a
student's short-term memory for course lecture material, according to Baddeley's
model? - CORRECT ANSWER- The student repeats silently what their instructor
has said before writing it down.
A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors whose pictures were
briefly presented upside down. What explains how the episodic buffer enhances
working memory in this scenario? - CORRECT ANSWER- The episodic buffer
connects with long-term memory of the actors' faces and names, bringing content
into working memory.
,How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental rotation
problems? - CORRECT ANSWER- Strengthening of connections between
neurons helps performance on mental rotation problems
How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words presented
sequentially? - CORRECT ANSWER- The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically
significant semantic memories? - CORRECT ANSWER- Person recalls the name
of the actor that they saw in the airport years ago.
A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will occur in one
week. Which example illustrates the combined long-term memory encoding
strategies of visual imagery and organization? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
person imagines each fish on a tree structure corresponding to categories of fish
types.
A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery. Which
example shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies of
generation and self-reference? - CORRECT ANSWER- The person creates
flashcards for the names of the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how
appetizing the pastry appears.
A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not heard
of. Which process occurs when the person tries to remember how they learned that
fact? - CORRECT ANSWER- Source monitoring
, Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which
participants played a gambling game on a computer and were later shown a
modified video of themselves cheating. What did this experiment reveal about false
confessions? - CORRECT ANSWER- Participants confessed to cheating after
being shown the modified video, even though they did not recall cheating
indicating the power of suggestive questioning and tactics
Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? - CORRECT
ANSWER- A person remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Identifying the relationship between environmental
stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Conceptual peg hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended
messages? - CORRECT ANSWER- Filter
Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without
an image"? - CORRECT ANSWER- People who cannot visualize images are still
capable of thinking
Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory does an individual begin to
understand mathematical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER- Concrete
Operational
