WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA
AND PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM WITH
SOLUTIONS
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.
What is measured by the paper folding test? -
answer-Spatial Imagery
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 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
AND PRE-ASSESSMENT EXAM WITH
SOLUTIONS
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.
What is measured by the paper folding test? -
answer-Spatial Imagery
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 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
