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WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Pre-Assessment Exam Versions 1
& 2 – Study Guide, Practice Questions, and Answers 2025
Get ready for your WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Pre-Assessment Exam (Versions 1 & 2)
with this comprehensive 2025 study guide. Review key cognitive psychology theories, memory
models, and learning processes using real-style practice questions and detailed explanations.
WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology
• WGU D570 Pre-Assessment Exam
• WGU D570 version 1 and 2
• WGU Cognitive Psychology study guide
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a problem statement is presented for effective
problem solving?
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 person reads and rereads a passage for an essay question and notices information that was not in the
main story and adopts it into their essay.
A person is unsure of how to proceed through a hedge maze and decides to first try the path they
noticed other participants take and then try the path least taken.
A person does not understand the directions to complete a task and decides to complete the parts they
can and skip the rest, knowing they will need to fix it later. - ANSWER-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.
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Which scenario is based on the student's use of analogical transfer?
The student uses colorful flyers to advertise the club because they remember that this strategy
previously led to increased school voting.
The student agrees to take all club members out for free ice cream if 10 new members sign up by the
end of the month.
The student agrees to give potential new members a free t-shirt in exchange for their attendance at a
club information session.
The student emails club information to potential members and includes an image of their school mascot
to capture their attention. - ANSWER-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?
The musician could avoid distractions and find space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
The musician could participate in focused attention meditation to avoid distractions, which leads to new
ideas.
The musician could think of previous problems while alone to reduce distractions from the solution to
their current problem.
The musician could avoid problems with functional fixedness while alone because it reduces distractions.
- ANSWER-The musician could avoid distractions and find space to think, allowing them to generate new
ideas.
What does the Stroop interference task use to demonstrate a slower reaction time?
By displaying familiar words in unusual fonts
By displaying unknown words in different colors
By displaying color words in different color fonts
By displaying the same words in different sizes - ANSWER-By displaying color words in different color
fonts
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A kindergarten student is trying to solve a handheld maze. The student focuses on the last step of the
maze, causing them to miss earlier steps.
What process describes why the student has a difficult time discovering the first step required to solve
the maze?
Fixation causes the student to focus too much on the last part of the maze and to overlook important
steps at the beginning.
Insight causes the student to become too focused on predicting the final steps for completing the maze.
Focus causes the student to concentrate on the end result instead of picturing the maze in their mind.
Restructuring of the maze path in the student's mind leads to the finding the wrong solution. - ANSWER-
Fixation causes the student to focus too much on the last part of the maze and to overlook important
steps at the beginning.
A teenager's car won't start because the battery is drained after leaving the headlights on overnight. He
realizes he needs jumper cables after recalling a childhood memory of his parents jump-starting the
family car after the battery died.
Which recognition and memory retrieval processes were involved in this problem-solving?
Fixating, checking, and assessing
Encoding, revising, and trading-off
Sourcing, analyzing, and target-recognizing
Noticing, mapping, and applying - ANSWER-Noticing, mapping, and applying
Which example demonstrates Newell and Simon's approach to problem solving?
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.
A person planning to attend a concert takes a bus route in the wrong direction and recognizes the
mistake upon seeing their old workplace.
WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Pre-Assessment Exam Versions 1
& 2 – Study Guide, Practice Questions, and Answers 2025
Get ready for your WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Pre-Assessment Exam (Versions 1 & 2)
with this comprehensive 2025 study guide. Review key cognitive psychology theories, memory
models, and learning processes using real-style practice questions and detailed explanations.
WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology
• WGU D570 Pre-Assessment Exam
• WGU D570 version 1 and 2
• WGU Cognitive Psychology study guide
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a problem statement is presented for effective
problem solving?
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 person reads and rereads a passage for an essay question and notices information that was not in the
main story and adopts it into their essay.
A person is unsure of how to proceed through a hedge maze and decides to first try the path they
noticed other participants take and then try the path least taken.
A person does not understand the directions to complete a task and decides to complete the parts they
can and skip the rest, knowing they will need to fix it later. - ANSWER-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.
,2|Page
Which scenario is based on the student's use of analogical transfer?
The student uses colorful flyers to advertise the club because they remember that this strategy
previously led to increased school voting.
The student agrees to take all club members out for free ice cream if 10 new members sign up by the
end of the month.
The student agrees to give potential new members a free t-shirt in exchange for their attendance at a
club information session.
The student emails club information to potential members and includes an image of their school mascot
to capture their attention. - ANSWER-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?
The musician could avoid distractions and find space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
The musician could participate in focused attention meditation to avoid distractions, which leads to new
ideas.
The musician could think of previous problems while alone to reduce distractions from the solution to
their current problem.
The musician could avoid problems with functional fixedness while alone because it reduces distractions.
- ANSWER-The musician could avoid distractions and find space to think, allowing them to generate new
ideas.
What does the Stroop interference task use to demonstrate a slower reaction time?
By displaying familiar words in unusual fonts
By displaying unknown words in different colors
By displaying color words in different color fonts
By displaying the same words in different sizes - ANSWER-By displaying color words in different color
fonts
, 3|Page
A kindergarten student is trying to solve a handheld maze. The student focuses on the last step of the
maze, causing them to miss earlier steps.
What process describes why the student has a difficult time discovering the first step required to solve
the maze?
Fixation causes the student to focus too much on the last part of the maze and to overlook important
steps at the beginning.
Insight causes the student to become too focused on predicting the final steps for completing the maze.
Focus causes the student to concentrate on the end result instead of picturing the maze in their mind.
Restructuring of the maze path in the student's mind leads to the finding the wrong solution. - ANSWER-
Fixation causes the student to focus too much on the last part of the maze and to overlook important
steps at the beginning.
A teenager's car won't start because the battery is drained after leaving the headlights on overnight. He
realizes he needs jumper cables after recalling a childhood memory of his parents jump-starting the
family car after the battery died.
Which recognition and memory retrieval processes were involved in this problem-solving?
Fixating, checking, and assessing
Encoding, revising, and trading-off
Sourcing, analyzing, and target-recognizing
Noticing, mapping, and applying - ANSWER-Noticing, mapping, and applying
Which example demonstrates Newell and Simon's approach to problem solving?
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.
A person planning to attend a concert takes a bus route in the wrong direction and recognizes the
mistake upon seeing their old workplace.
