WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology
Latest Update 2025-2026 Exam 460
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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 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.
,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 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? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>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? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>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? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Source monitoring
Latest Update 2025-2026 Exam 460
Questions with 100% Verified
Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
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 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.
,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 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? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>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? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>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? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Source monitoring
