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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA AND PRE
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+/ LATEST EXAM!!!
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
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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.
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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
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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.
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OA AND PRE
ASSESSMENT EXAM 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+/ LATEST EXAM!!!
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
,2|Page
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.
,3|Page
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
, 4|Page
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.
