WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANS Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - ANS The ability to recreate sensory information without physical
stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANS Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - ANS Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANS Axon
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, Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? - ANS Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when watching
fireworks? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? -
ANS The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically significant
semantic memories? - ANS Person recalls the name of the actor that they saw in the airport
years ago.
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, 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS A person remembers
graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? - ANS Identifying the
relationship between environmental stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - ANS Conceptual peg
hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended messages? -
ANS Filter
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, Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without an image"? -
ANS 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? - ANS Concrete Operational
Which term describes a child's tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or object
according to Piaget? - ANS Centration
Which stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is represented by a child's ability to
mentally represent objects and events with words and images? - ANS Preoperational
Which kind of intelligence reflects abilities drawn from experience? - ANS Crystalized
Which mental framework is used in learning according to Piaget? - ANS Schemas
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traceling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates the garden path model of parsing? - ANS The
child changes their mind from the subject being the car to the hills
A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. which thought
process is an example of an anaphoric inference? - ANS The student infers that the word "it"
refers to the dog
Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? - ANS It aids in having an
engaging discussion
Which property of words contributes to the word frequency effect? - ANS how often a word
is used within a language
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is measured by the paper folding test? - ANS Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? - ANS The ability to recreate sensory information without physical
stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? - ANS Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS Frontal Cortex
What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - ANS Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - ANS Axon
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, Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? - ANS Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when watching
fireworks? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? -
ANS The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically significant
semantic memories? - ANS Person recalls the name of the actor that they saw in the airport
years ago.
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, 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS A person remembers
graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? - ANS Identifying the
relationship between environmental stimuli and behavior
Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - ANS Conceptual peg
hypothesis
Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended messages? -
ANS Filter
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, Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without an image"? -
ANS 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? - ANS Concrete Operational
Which term describes a child's tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or object
according to Piaget? - ANS Centration
Which stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is represented by a child's ability to
mentally represent objects and events with words and images? - ANS Preoperational
Which kind of intelligence reflects abilities drawn from experience? - ANS Crystalized
Which mental framework is used in learning according to Piaget? - ANS Schemas
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traceling down the hills were
beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates the garden path model of parsing? - ANS The
child changes their mind from the subject being the car to the hills
A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. which thought
process is an example of an anaphoric inference? - ANS The student infers that the word "it"
refers to the dog
Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? - ANS It aids in having an
engaging discussion
Which property of words contributes to the word frequency effect? - ANS how often a word
is used within a language
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