WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
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1) are mental representations used to group things together into categories.
a) Units
b) Concepts
c) Entities
- Answer ✓✓b) Concepts
2) In the study of categorization, a prototype is:
a) an unusual member of the category
b) the first member learned for the category
c) the average example of a member of the category
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- Answer ✓✓c) the average example of a member of the category
3) What task has been used in research to determine how prototypical an object is?
a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member represents the
category title.
b) A fill-in-the-blank test in which participants generate paired members within a category.
c) A scale in which participants rate distances between category members on a fictional
map.
- Answer ✓✓a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member
represents the category title
4) Most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one
category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs". This illustrates
the principle of:
a) family resemblances
b) exemplars
c) necessary and sufficient features
- Answer ✓✓a) Family resemblances
5) Which of the following members would most likely be ranked highest in prototypicality
in the "birds" category?
a) Penguin
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b) Robin
c) Ostrich
- Answer ✓✓b) Robin
6) Items high on prototypicality have family resemblances.
a) weak
b) moderate
c) strong
- Answer ✓✓c) Strong
7) According to studies by Rosch, participants responded faster on a same-different task
when they were presented with good examples of colors than when they are presented with
weak examples of colors. Rosch interpreted these results as support for the
approach to categorization.
a) prototype
b) exemplar
c) network
- Answer ✓✓a) Prototype
8) Actual members of a category that a person has encountered in the past are called:
a) icons
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b) exemplars
c) prototypes –
Answer ✓✓b) Exemplars
*9) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a basic level category?
a) Vehicle
b) Transportation
c) Truck –
Answer ✓✓a) Vehicle
10) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a superordinate level item?
a) Guitar
b) Musical instrument
c) Rock guitar
- Answer ✓✓c) Musical Instrument
11) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a subordinate level item?
a) Animal
b) Poodle
c) Dog
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OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
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1) are mental representations used to group things together into categories.
a) Units
b) Concepts
c) Entities
- Answer ✓✓b) Concepts
2) In the study of categorization, a prototype is:
a) an unusual member of the category
b) the first member learned for the category
c) the average example of a member of the category
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- Answer ✓✓c) the average example of a member of the category
3) What task has been used in research to determine how prototypical an object is?
a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member represents the
category title.
b) A fill-in-the-blank test in which participants generate paired members within a category.
c) A scale in which participants rate distances between category members on a fictional
map.
- Answer ✓✓a) A scale in which participants rate the extent to which each member
represents the category title
4) Most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one
category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs". This illustrates
the principle of:
a) family resemblances
b) exemplars
c) necessary and sufficient features
- Answer ✓✓a) Family resemblances
5) Which of the following members would most likely be ranked highest in prototypicality
in the "birds" category?
a) Penguin
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b) Robin
c) Ostrich
- Answer ✓✓b) Robin
6) Items high on prototypicality have family resemblances.
a) weak
b) moderate
c) strong
- Answer ✓✓c) Strong
7) According to studies by Rosch, participants responded faster on a same-different task
when they were presented with good examples of colors than when they are presented with
weak examples of colors. Rosch interpreted these results as support for the
approach to categorization.
a) prototype
b) exemplar
c) network
- Answer ✓✓a) Prototype
8) Actual members of a category that a person has encountered in the past are called:
a) icons
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b) exemplars
c) prototypes –
Answer ✓✓b) Exemplars
*9) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a basic level category?
a) Vehicle
b) Transportation
c) Truck –
Answer ✓✓a) Vehicle
10) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a superordinate level item?
a) Guitar
b) Musical instrument
c) Rock guitar
- Answer ✓✓c) Musical Instrument
11) In a category hierarchy, which of the following represents a subordinate level item?
a) Animal
b) Poodle
c) Dog
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