WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology Exam
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What is measured by the paper folding test? -CORRECTANSWER Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? -CORRECTANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? -CORRECTANSWER Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills
were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER Frontal Cortex
,What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? -
CORRECTANSWER Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? -CORRECTANSWER Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? -CORRECTANSWER Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when
watching fireworks? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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?
-CORRECTANSWER The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically
significant semantic memories? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER
A person remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
CORRECTANSWER Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and
behavior
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version verified for accuracy) | Latest!!
What is measured by the paper folding test? -CORRECTANSWER Spatial Imagery
What is mental imagery? -CORRECTANSWER The ability to recreate sensory
information without physical stimuli
What is a component of psychosocial development? -CORRECTANSWER Personality
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills
were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER Frontal Cortex
,What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? -
CORRECTANSWER Action Potential
Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? -CORRECTANSWER Axon
Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
disorder? -CORRECTANSWER Working Memory Tests
Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when
watching fireworks? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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?
-CORRECTANSWER The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically
significant semantic memories? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -
CORRECTANSWER 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? -CORRECTANSWER
A person remembers graduating from law school
What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? -
CORRECTANSWER Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and
behavior
