WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
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When the "abstract" version of the Wason four-card problem is compared to a "concrete" version of the problem (in
which beer, soda, and ages are substituted for the letters and numbers),
a. performance is better for the concrete task.
b. performing the abstract task improves performance of the concrete task.
c. performance is the same for both tasks.
d. performance is better for the abstract task. - Answer ✓✓a. performance is better for the concrete task.
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Consider the following syllogism:
All cats are birds.
All birds have wings.
All cats have wings.
This syllogism is
a. both valid and true.
b. true.
c. invalid.
d. valid. - Answer ✓✓d. valid.
The rule of the Wason four-card problem is, "If there is a vowel on one side, then there is an even number on the
other side." Let's say you are presented with A, 8, M, and 13, each showing on one of four cards. To see if the rule is
valid, you would have to turn over the cards showing
a. 8 and M.
b. 8 and 13.
c. A and 13.
d. A and M. - Answer ✓✓c. A and 13.
Derrick purchased a new car, a Ford Mustang, less than a month ago. While sitting in traffic, Derrick says to his
girlfriend, "Mustangs must be the best-selling car now. I can't remember seeing as many on the road as I have
recently." Derrick's judgment is most likely biased by a(n)
a. representativeness heuristic.
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b. permission schema.
c. availability heuristic.
d. illusory correlation. - Answer ✓✓c. availability heuristic.
The finding that people tend to incorrectly conclude that more people die from tornados than from asthma has been
explained in terms of the
a. belief bias.
b. representativeness heuristic.
c. falsification principle.
d. availability heuristic. - Answer ✓✓d. availability heuristic.
An experiment measures participants' performance in judging syllogisms. Two premises and a conclusion are
presented as stimuli, and participants are asked to indicate (yes or no) if the conclusion logically follows from the
premises. Error rates are then calculated for each syllogism. This experiment studies reasoning.
a. falsification
b. deductive
c. inductive
d. intuitive - Answer ✓✓b. deductive
Kirk is a generally anxious person. His anxiety sometimes gets in the way when he tries to make decisions. The
anxiety Kirk feels is an example of an emotion.
a. integral
b. immediate
c. expected
d. incidental - Answer ✓✓d. incidental
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Utility refers to
a. how useful a reasoning process is.
b. degree of risk aversion one has.
c. the validity of a syllogism.
d. outcomes that achieve a person's goals. - Answer ✓✓d. outcomes that achieve a person's goals.
If you are given the information that in order to vote in a presidential election, you must be at least 18 years of age,
and that Will voted in the last presidential election, you can logically conclude that Will is at least 18 years old. This
is an example of using reasoning.
a. inductive
b. descriptive
c. deductive
d. conjunctive - Answer ✓✓c. deductive
In an experiment that combined both physiological and behavioral approaches to the study of decision making, PFC
activity was recorded while participants accepted or rejected proposals to split a sum of money ($10). PFC
activation was
a. the same for accepted and rejected offers.
b. dependent on how much money the responder was offered.
c. greatest for rejected offers.
d. greatest for accepted offers. - Answer ✓✓a. the same for accepted and rejected offers.
Consider the following syllogism:
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When the "abstract" version of the Wason four-card problem is compared to a "concrete" version of the problem (in
which beer, soda, and ages are substituted for the letters and numbers),
a. performance is better for the concrete task.
b. performing the abstract task improves performance of the concrete task.
c. performance is the same for both tasks.
d. performance is better for the abstract task. - Answer ✓✓a. performance is better for the concrete task.
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Consider the following syllogism:
All cats are birds.
All birds have wings.
All cats have wings.
This syllogism is
a. both valid and true.
b. true.
c. invalid.
d. valid. - Answer ✓✓d. valid.
The rule of the Wason four-card problem is, "If there is a vowel on one side, then there is an even number on the
other side." Let's say you are presented with A, 8, M, and 13, each showing on one of four cards. To see if the rule is
valid, you would have to turn over the cards showing
a. 8 and M.
b. 8 and 13.
c. A and 13.
d. A and M. - Answer ✓✓c. A and 13.
Derrick purchased a new car, a Ford Mustang, less than a month ago. While sitting in traffic, Derrick says to his
girlfriend, "Mustangs must be the best-selling car now. I can't remember seeing as many on the road as I have
recently." Derrick's judgment is most likely biased by a(n)
a. representativeness heuristic.
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b. permission schema.
c. availability heuristic.
d. illusory correlation. - Answer ✓✓c. availability heuristic.
The finding that people tend to incorrectly conclude that more people die from tornados than from asthma has been
explained in terms of the
a. belief bias.
b. representativeness heuristic.
c. falsification principle.
d. availability heuristic. - Answer ✓✓d. availability heuristic.
An experiment measures participants' performance in judging syllogisms. Two premises and a conclusion are
presented as stimuli, and participants are asked to indicate (yes or no) if the conclusion logically follows from the
premises. Error rates are then calculated for each syllogism. This experiment studies reasoning.
a. falsification
b. deductive
c. inductive
d. intuitive - Answer ✓✓b. deductive
Kirk is a generally anxious person. His anxiety sometimes gets in the way when he tries to make decisions. The
anxiety Kirk feels is an example of an emotion.
a. integral
b. immediate
c. expected
d. incidental - Answer ✓✓d. incidental
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Utility refers to
a. how useful a reasoning process is.
b. degree of risk aversion one has.
c. the validity of a syllogism.
d. outcomes that achieve a person's goals. - Answer ✓✓d. outcomes that achieve a person's goals.
If you are given the information that in order to vote in a presidential election, you must be at least 18 years of age,
and that Will voted in the last presidential election, you can logically conclude that Will is at least 18 years old. This
is an example of using reasoning.
a. inductive
b. descriptive
c. deductive
d. conjunctive - Answer ✓✓c. deductive
In an experiment that combined both physiological and behavioral approaches to the study of decision making, PFC
activity was recorded while participants accepted or rejected proposals to split a sum of money ($10). PFC
activation was
a. the same for accepted and rejected offers.
b. dependent on how much money the responder was offered.
c. greatest for rejected offers.
d. greatest for accepted offers. - Answer ✓✓a. the same for accepted and rejected offers.
Consider the following syllogism:
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