WGU D570 EXAMINATION TEST PRACTICE
SOLUTION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 GRADED A+.
⫸ What is mental imagery? Answer: The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
⫸ What is a component of psychosocial development? Answer:
Personality
⫸ A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was
traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process
illustrates casual inference? Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: Frontal Cortex
⫸ What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron?
Answer: Action Potential
,⫸ Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? Answer:
Axon
⫸ Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
with a substance abuse disorder? Answer: Working Memory Tests
⫸ Which example shows how sensory memory results in the
persistence of vision when watching fireworks? Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: 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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
⫸ Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories? Answer: Person
recalls the name of the actor that they saw in the airport years ago.
⫸ 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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: 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?
Answer: A person remembers graduating from law school
⫸ What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John
Watson? Answer: Identifying the relationship between environmental
stimuli and behavior
⫸ Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results?
Answer: Conceptual peg hypothesis
⫸ Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks
unattended messages? Answer: Filter
⫸ Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is
impossible without an image"? Answer: People who cannot visualize
images are still capable of thinking
SOLUTION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 GRADED A+.
⫸ What is mental imagery? Answer: The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
⫸ What is a component of psychosocial development? Answer:
Personality
⫸ A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was
traveling down the hills were beautiful." Which cognitive process
illustrates casual inference? Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: Frontal Cortex
⫸ What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron?
Answer: Action Potential
,⫸ Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? Answer:
Axon
⫸ Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people
with a substance abuse disorder? Answer: Working Memory Tests
⫸ Which example shows how sensory memory results in the
persistence of vision when watching fireworks? Answer: 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? Answer:
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? Answer: 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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: The first word presented receives the
persons full attention.
⫸ Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of
autobiographically significant semantic memories? Answer: Person
recalls the name of the actor that they saw in the airport years ago.
⫸ 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?
Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: 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? Answer: 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?
Answer: A person remembers graduating from law school
⫸ What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John
Watson? Answer: Identifying the relationship between environmental
stimuli and behavior
⫸ Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results?
Answer: Conceptual peg hypothesis
⫸ Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks
unattended messages? Answer: Filter
⫸ Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is
impossible without an image"? Answer: People who cannot visualize
images are still capable of thinking
