WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
● Constraint-based approach . Answer: By parsing sentences and not
only using syntactic influences.
● Spatial representations . Answer: Held in a specific location.
● Propositional representations . Answer: Formed as an equation or
statement.
● Visual cortex organization . Answer: As a topographic map.
● Pegword technique . Answer: By placing objects with a concrete word.
● Wundt's theoretical approach . Answer: Structuralism.
● Second stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory . Answer:
Preoperational.
,● Theory developed by Piaget . Answer: Four Stage Theory.
● Fluid intelligence . Answer: Defined as information processing
abilities.
● Aspect of lifespan development examining language . Answer:
Cognitive.
● Subdomain of cognition describing solving problems of information
overload . Answer: Attention.
● Specialized area of the temporal lobe for identifying familiar faces .
Answer: Fusiform face area.
● Example of localization of function in the brain . Answer: An area in
the temporal lobe is responsible for recognizing faces.
● Lobe integrating sensory information to guide behavior . Answer:
Frontal.
● Neurons responding to specific visual properties . Answer: Feature
detectors.
, ● Lobe of the brain associated with facial recognition, object
recognition, and language acquisition . Answer: Temporal.
● Lexicon . Answer: Refers to a person's knowledge of what words
mean, how they sound, and how they are used in relation to other words.
● Given-new contract . Answer: Information that the listener already
knows.
● Example of lexical ambiguity . Answer: The word 'light' has more than
one meaning.
● Word segmentation . Answer: It helps them recognize individual
words within continuous speech.
● Lexical Priming . Answer: The child processes the word 'car' quickly
because it is related to 'driver.'
● Control Process in Memory . Answer: Repeating the store's name for
over a minute to remember it later.
● Sensory Memory to Short-Term Memory . Answer: A person reads a
phone number and repeats it to remember it.
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
● Constraint-based approach . Answer: By parsing sentences and not
only using syntactic influences.
● Spatial representations . Answer: Held in a specific location.
● Propositional representations . Answer: Formed as an equation or
statement.
● Visual cortex organization . Answer: As a topographic map.
● Pegword technique . Answer: By placing objects with a concrete word.
● Wundt's theoretical approach . Answer: Structuralism.
● Second stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory . Answer:
Preoperational.
,● Theory developed by Piaget . Answer: Four Stage Theory.
● Fluid intelligence . Answer: Defined as information processing
abilities.
● Aspect of lifespan development examining language . Answer:
Cognitive.
● Subdomain of cognition describing solving problems of information
overload . Answer: Attention.
● Specialized area of the temporal lobe for identifying familiar faces .
Answer: Fusiform face area.
● Example of localization of function in the brain . Answer: An area in
the temporal lobe is responsible for recognizing faces.
● Lobe integrating sensory information to guide behavior . Answer:
Frontal.
● Neurons responding to specific visual properties . Answer: Feature
detectors.
, ● Lobe of the brain associated with facial recognition, object
recognition, and language acquisition . Answer: Temporal.
● Lexicon . Answer: Refers to a person's knowledge of what words
mean, how they sound, and how they are used in relation to other words.
● Given-new contract . Answer: Information that the listener already
knows.
● Example of lexical ambiguity . Answer: The word 'light' has more than
one meaning.
● Word segmentation . Answer: It helps them recognize individual
words within continuous speech.
● Lexical Priming . Answer: The child processes the word 'car' quickly
because it is related to 'driver.'
● Control Process in Memory . Answer: Repeating the store's name for
over a minute to remember it later.
● Sensory Memory to Short-Term Memory . Answer: A person reads a
phone number and repeats it to remember it.
