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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE
ASSESSMENT EXAM VERSION 1& 2 NEWEST
2026/2027 COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS||VERIFIED EXAM!!|| (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a
problem statement is presented for effective problem
solving?
A person reads a prompt for an essay question and
notices that the teacher used certain language, which
helped the person eliminate incorrect answers.
A person reads and rereads a passage for an essay
question and notices information that was not in the main
story and adopts it into their essay.
A person is unsure of how to proceed through a hedge
maze and decides to first try the path they noticed other
participants take and then try the path least taken.
A person does not understand the directions to complete a
task and decides to complete the parts they can and skip
the rest, knowing they will need to fix it later. - ANSWER-A
person reads a prompt for an essay question and notices
that the teacher used certain language, which helped the
person eliminate incorrect answers.
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A student started a new club for their school and is
thinking of ways to increase participation.
Which scenario is based on the student's use of analogical
transfer?
The student uses colorful flyers to advertise the club
because they remember that this strategy previously led to
increased school voting.
The student agrees to take all club members out for free
ice cream if 10 new members sign up by the end of the
month.
The student agrees to give potential new members a free
t-shirt in exchange for their attendance at a club
information session.
The student emails club information to potential members
and includes an image of their school mascot to capture
their attention. - ANSWER-The student uses colorful flyers
to advertise the club because they remember that this
strategy previously led to increased school voting.
A musician is having a difficult time composing a new
song. They spend a week camping alone in the
mountains, completing the song while in the wilderness.
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How can the musician's solitude contribute to this
creativity and solve the problem?
The musician could avoid distractions and find space to
think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
The musician could participate in focused attention
meditation to avoid distractions, which leads to new ideas.
The musician could think of previous problems while alone
to reduce distractions from the solution to their current
problem.
The musician could avoid problems with functional
fixedness while alone because it reduces distractions. -
ANSWER-The musician could avoid distractions and find
space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
What is the relationship between open monitoring
meditation and creativity?
Open monitoring meditation is associated with enhanced
creativity because it causes greater activation of the
default mode network.
Open monitoring meditation is associated with decreased
creativity because it reduces activity in the default mode
network.
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Open monitoring meditation differentially affects creativity
based on which region of the default mode network it
activates.
Open monitoring meditation only affects creativity if the
default mode network is activated before the meditation. -
ANSWER-Open monitoring meditation is associated with
enhanced creativity because it causes greater activation of
the default mode network.
A basketball coach is judging two potential players for
recruitment and presumes that the taller athlete is more
talented than the shorter one.
What thought process does the coach utilize?
A confirmation bias about height and performance
The backfire effect regarding height
A stereotype about height and performance
An illusory correlation related to performance - ANSWER-
A stereotype about height and performance
A first-year university student readily makes new friends
with their engineering classmates. The student assumes
that all engineers must be outgoing like their classmates.
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE
ASSESSMENT EXAM VERSION 1& 2 NEWEST
2026/2027 COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS||VERIFIED EXAM!!|| (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
Which example demonstrates the importance of how a
problem statement is presented for effective problem
solving?
A person reads a prompt for an essay question and
notices that the teacher used certain language, which
helped the person eliminate incorrect answers.
A person reads and rereads a passage for an essay
question and notices information that was not in the main
story and adopts it into their essay.
A person is unsure of how to proceed through a hedge
maze and decides to first try the path they noticed other
participants take and then try the path least taken.
A person does not understand the directions to complete a
task and decides to complete the parts they can and skip
the rest, knowing they will need to fix it later. - ANSWER-A
person reads a prompt for an essay question and notices
that the teacher used certain language, which helped the
person eliminate incorrect answers.
,2|Page
A student started a new club for their school and is
thinking of ways to increase participation.
Which scenario is based on the student's use of analogical
transfer?
The student uses colorful flyers to advertise the club
because they remember that this strategy previously led to
increased school voting.
The student agrees to take all club members out for free
ice cream if 10 new members sign up by the end of the
month.
The student agrees to give potential new members a free
t-shirt in exchange for their attendance at a club
information session.
The student emails club information to potential members
and includes an image of their school mascot to capture
their attention. - ANSWER-The student uses colorful flyers
to advertise the club because they remember that this
strategy previously led to increased school voting.
A musician is having a difficult time composing a new
song. They spend a week camping alone in the
mountains, completing the song while in the wilderness.
,3|Page
How can the musician's solitude contribute to this
creativity and solve the problem?
The musician could avoid distractions and find space to
think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
The musician could participate in focused attention
meditation to avoid distractions, which leads to new ideas.
The musician could think of previous problems while alone
to reduce distractions from the solution to their current
problem.
The musician could avoid problems with functional
fixedness while alone because it reduces distractions. -
ANSWER-The musician could avoid distractions and find
space to think, allowing them to generate new ideas.
What is the relationship between open monitoring
meditation and creativity?
Open monitoring meditation is associated with enhanced
creativity because it causes greater activation of the
default mode network.
Open monitoring meditation is associated with decreased
creativity because it reduces activity in the default mode
network.
, 4|Page
Open monitoring meditation differentially affects creativity
based on which region of the default mode network it
activates.
Open monitoring meditation only affects creativity if the
default mode network is activated before the meditation. -
ANSWER-Open monitoring meditation is associated with
enhanced creativity because it causes greater activation of
the default mode network.
A basketball coach is judging two potential players for
recruitment and presumes that the taller athlete is more
talented than the shorter one.
What thought process does the coach utilize?
A confirmation bias about height and performance
The backfire effect regarding height
A stereotype about height and performance
An illusory correlation related to performance - ANSWER-
A stereotype about height and performance
A first-year university student readily makes new friends
with their engineering classmates. The student assumes
that all engineers must be outgoing like their classmates.
