WGU D570 EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAMS
SET COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VIEW AHEAD EXAM.
◍ Wundt. Answer: structuraism, used analytic introspection
◍ Ebbinghaus. Answer: nature of forgetting and memory, used
savings technique
◍ James. Answer: observation of mind
◍ Watson. Answer: little Albert experiment, making him afraid of
furry white things; conditioned phobias; applied CC to advertising
◍ Tolman. Answer: cognition; studied rats and discovered the
"cognitive map" in rats and humans
◍ Cherry's experiment. Answer: Study demonstrating selective
auditory attention.
◍ Neisser. Answer: father of cognitive psychology, published
cogntiive pyschology
,◍ Broadbent. Answer: proposed the first flow diagram of the mind,
what happens in the mind when directing attention to one stimulus in
the environment
◍ Artificial intelligence. Answer: idea of john mccarthy's, the ability
of a computer to perform tasks usually associated with human
intelligence
◍ Simon and Newell. Answer: created McCarthy's idea of AI and was
able to create proofs of math theorems that involve principles of logic
◍ Atkinson and Shiffron's model. Answer: model of memory
◍ Sensory memory. Answer: holds incoming information for a
fraction of a second and then passes most of this information to short
term memory
◍ Short term memory. Answer: activated memory that holds a few
items briefly before the information is stored or forgotten
◍ Rehearsal. Answer: repeating something to keep form forgetting it
◍ Long term memory. Answer: a type of storage that holds
information for hours, days, weeks, or years
, ◍ Higher mental processes. Answer: the complex cognitive functions,
such as thinking, problem-solving, and long-term remembering
considered in the study of cognitive psychology
◍ Episodic memory. Answer: events in life (what you did last week)
◍ Semantic memory. Answer: facts (capitals of states)
◍ Procedural memory. Answer: physical action (how to ride a bike)
◍ Tulving. Answer: believed long term memory can be divided into 3
subcategories : sematic, episodic, procedural memories
◍ Why did the fMRI take place of the PET?. Answer: it didnt involve
radioactive tracers and produced a higher resolution image
◍ Palmer. Answer: how our knowledge about the enviornment can
influence our perception. kitchen and bread experiment
◍ Encoding. Answer: the processing of information into the memory
system - happening when you learn it
◍ Retrieval. Answer: what is happening when you are remembering
the material - pulling out of memory storage
SET COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VIEW AHEAD EXAM.
◍ Wundt. Answer: structuraism, used analytic introspection
◍ Ebbinghaus. Answer: nature of forgetting and memory, used
savings technique
◍ James. Answer: observation of mind
◍ Watson. Answer: little Albert experiment, making him afraid of
furry white things; conditioned phobias; applied CC to advertising
◍ Tolman. Answer: cognition; studied rats and discovered the
"cognitive map" in rats and humans
◍ Cherry's experiment. Answer: Study demonstrating selective
auditory attention.
◍ Neisser. Answer: father of cognitive psychology, published
cogntiive pyschology
,◍ Broadbent. Answer: proposed the first flow diagram of the mind,
what happens in the mind when directing attention to one stimulus in
the environment
◍ Artificial intelligence. Answer: idea of john mccarthy's, the ability
of a computer to perform tasks usually associated with human
intelligence
◍ Simon and Newell. Answer: created McCarthy's idea of AI and was
able to create proofs of math theorems that involve principles of logic
◍ Atkinson and Shiffron's model. Answer: model of memory
◍ Sensory memory. Answer: holds incoming information for a
fraction of a second and then passes most of this information to short
term memory
◍ Short term memory. Answer: activated memory that holds a few
items briefly before the information is stored or forgotten
◍ Rehearsal. Answer: repeating something to keep form forgetting it
◍ Long term memory. Answer: a type of storage that holds
information for hours, days, weeks, or years
, ◍ Higher mental processes. Answer: the complex cognitive functions,
such as thinking, problem-solving, and long-term remembering
considered in the study of cognitive psychology
◍ Episodic memory. Answer: events in life (what you did last week)
◍ Semantic memory. Answer: facts (capitals of states)
◍ Procedural memory. Answer: physical action (how to ride a bike)
◍ Tulving. Answer: believed long term memory can be divided into 3
subcategories : sematic, episodic, procedural memories
◍ Why did the fMRI take place of the PET?. Answer: it didnt involve
radioactive tracers and produced a higher resolution image
◍ Palmer. Answer: how our knowledge about the enviornment can
influence our perception. kitchen and bread experiment
◍ Encoding. Answer: the processing of information into the memory
system - happening when you learn it
◍ Retrieval. Answer: what is happening when you are remembering
the material - pulling out of memory storage
