WGU D570 COURSE MATERIAL
QUIZZES AND TESTS EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Which term refers to Ebbinghaus's finding that relearning lists of syllables takes less time than
the original session? - ANS Savings curve
What did Watson suggest that psychologists study when using a stimulus-response approach? -
ANS Behavior
Which experimental framework was inspired by artificial intelligence and sought to study
mental processes either in stages or as sequential mental operations? - ANS Information
processing
Which model of memory includes three stages: sensory store, short-term memory, and long-
term memory? - ANS Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory
In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development do children develop abstract thinking? -
ANS Formal operational
What did Chomsky discover about the cognitive development of language in babies and young
children? - ANS Language is acquired through a natural propensity for learning language.
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, What is the purpose of crystallized intelligence with regard to cognition? - ANS For gaining
knowledge
Which sub-domain of cognitive psychology focuses on the conditions under which new
information is acquired? - ANS Learning
What is the role of dendrites in the brain? - ANS To receive signals from other neurons
How does a neuron transmit a signal after a neural impulse travels the length of the axon? -
ANS By releasing a neurotransmitter
If brain damage occurs in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, how will cognitive ability
suffer? - ANS The damage will affect the ability to comprehend language.
When is structural connectivity present in the brain? - ANS When communication between
two areas occurs by neural pathways
How does mental imagery improve memory according to Paivio's research? - ANS By pairing
words that are concrete nouns
How does propositional representation describe the relationship between objects in mental
imagery? - ANS It emphasizes the descriptive characteristics of an image.
Daniel tells a story of a visit to a large waterfall and remembers that the light refracted off of
the spray of the water to create rainbows.
How does Daniel re-experience this visit? - ANS By using visual imagery to imagine the falls.
How is the method of loci used to improve memory? - ANS By visualizing items in different
spatial locations
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QUIZZES AND TESTS EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Which term refers to Ebbinghaus's finding that relearning lists of syllables takes less time than
the original session? - ANS Savings curve
What did Watson suggest that psychologists study when using a stimulus-response approach? -
ANS Behavior
Which experimental framework was inspired by artificial intelligence and sought to study
mental processes either in stages or as sequential mental operations? - ANS Information
processing
Which model of memory includes three stages: sensory store, short-term memory, and long-
term memory? - ANS Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory
In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development do children develop abstract thinking? -
ANS Formal operational
What did Chomsky discover about the cognitive development of language in babies and young
children? - ANS Language is acquired through a natural propensity for learning language.
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, What is the purpose of crystallized intelligence with regard to cognition? - ANS For gaining
knowledge
Which sub-domain of cognitive psychology focuses on the conditions under which new
information is acquired? - ANS Learning
What is the role of dendrites in the brain? - ANS To receive signals from other neurons
How does a neuron transmit a signal after a neural impulse travels the length of the axon? -
ANS By releasing a neurotransmitter
If brain damage occurs in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, how will cognitive ability
suffer? - ANS The damage will affect the ability to comprehend language.
When is structural connectivity present in the brain? - ANS When communication between
two areas occurs by neural pathways
How does mental imagery improve memory according to Paivio's research? - ANS By pairing
words that are concrete nouns
How does propositional representation describe the relationship between objects in mental
imagery? - ANS It emphasizes the descriptive characteristics of an image.
Daniel tells a story of a visit to a large waterfall and remembers that the light refracted off of
the spray of the water to create rainbows.
How does Daniel re-experience this visit? - ANS By using visual imagery to imagine the falls.
How is the method of loci used to improve memory? - ANS By visualizing items in different
spatial locations
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