WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM VERSION 2
WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM
VERSION 2 NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
A 10-month-old baby is interested in discovering different textures, comparing the
touch sensations between a soft blanket and a hard wooden block. Tactile signals
such as these are received by the ____lobe.
a. parietal
b. occipital
c. frontal
d. temporal - ANSWER-a. parietal
A brain structure that is important for processing and consolidation of memories
is the:
a. occipital lobe
b. thalamus
c. hippocampus
d. parietal lobe - ANSWER-c. hippocampus
Which of the following is consistent with the idea of localization of function?
a. Specific areas of the brain serve different functions
b. Neurons in different areas of the brain respond best to different stimuli
c. Brain areas are specialized for specific functions
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d. all of these - ANSWER-d. all of these
Modules are:
a. brain areas that are specialized for specific function
b. spaces between neurons
c. neurons that respond to faces
d. none of the above - ANSWER-a. brain areas that are specialized for specific
function
Which brain imaging method involves the injection of a radioactive tracer in the
blood?
a. fMRI
b. ERP
c. PET
d. all of these - ANSWER-c. PET
Recordings from single neurons are conducted using which of these pieces of
equipment>
a. fMRI
b. PET
c. Microelectrode
d. Neurotransmitter - ANSWER-c. Microelectrode
Which of the following do PET and fMRI have in common?
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a. the measurement of regional cerebral blood flow
b. the measurement of magnetic fields
c. the use of radioactive tracers.
d. All of the above are characteristics of both PET and fMRI - ANSWER-a. the
measurement of regional cerebral blood flow
Blood flow usually _______ in areas of the brain that are activated by a cognitive
task.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains the same
d. stops - ANSWER-a. increases
Which of the following statements best describes how neurons communicate with
one another?
a. the end of one neuron makes direct contact with the receiving end of another
neuron.
b. a chemical process takes place at the synapse
c. an electrical process takes place in the receptors
d. action potentials travel across the synapse. - ANSWER-b. a chemical process
takes place at the synapse
Maria took a drink from a container marked "milk." Surprised, she quickly spit out
the liquid because it turned out the container was filled with orange juice instead.
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Maria likes orange juice, so why did she have such a negative reaction to it? Her
response was most affected by:
a. reception of a stimulus
b. bottom-up processing
c. top-down processing
d. focused attention - ANSWER-c. top-down processing
"Perceiving Machines" are used by the US postal service to "read" the addresses
on letters and sort them quickly to their correct destinations. Sometimes, these
machines cannot "read" an address because the writing on the envelope is not
sufficiently clear for the machine to "match" the writing to an "example" it has
stored in "memory". Human postal workers are much more successful at reading
unclear addresses, most likely because of:
a. bottom-up processing
b. top-down processing
c. their in-depth understanding of principles of perception
d. repeated practice at the task. - ANSWER-b. top-down processing
The rat-man demonstration, which we did in class, shows how:
a. meaningfulness determines perceptual organization
b. recently acquired knowledge can influence perception
c. things that are near each other appear to be grouped together
d. Gestalt psychologists approach perception. - ANSWER-b. recently acquired
knowledge can influence perception
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WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRE ASSESSMENT EXAM
VERSION 2 NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
A 10-month-old baby is interested in discovering different textures, comparing the
touch sensations between a soft blanket and a hard wooden block. Tactile signals
such as these are received by the ____lobe.
a. parietal
b. occipital
c. frontal
d. temporal - ANSWER-a. parietal
A brain structure that is important for processing and consolidation of memories
is the:
a. occipital lobe
b. thalamus
c. hippocampus
d. parietal lobe - ANSWER-c. hippocampus
Which of the following is consistent with the idea of localization of function?
a. Specific areas of the brain serve different functions
b. Neurons in different areas of the brain respond best to different stimuli
c. Brain areas are specialized for specific functions
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d. all of these - ANSWER-d. all of these
Modules are:
a. brain areas that are specialized for specific function
b. spaces between neurons
c. neurons that respond to faces
d. none of the above - ANSWER-a. brain areas that are specialized for specific
function
Which brain imaging method involves the injection of a radioactive tracer in the
blood?
a. fMRI
b. ERP
c. PET
d. all of these - ANSWER-c. PET
Recordings from single neurons are conducted using which of these pieces of
equipment>
a. fMRI
b. PET
c. Microelectrode
d. Neurotransmitter - ANSWER-c. Microelectrode
Which of the following do PET and fMRI have in common?
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a. the measurement of regional cerebral blood flow
b. the measurement of magnetic fields
c. the use of radioactive tracers.
d. All of the above are characteristics of both PET and fMRI - ANSWER-a. the
measurement of regional cerebral blood flow
Blood flow usually _______ in areas of the brain that are activated by a cognitive
task.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains the same
d. stops - ANSWER-a. increases
Which of the following statements best describes how neurons communicate with
one another?
a. the end of one neuron makes direct contact with the receiving end of another
neuron.
b. a chemical process takes place at the synapse
c. an electrical process takes place in the receptors
d. action potentials travel across the synapse. - ANSWER-b. a chemical process
takes place at the synapse
Maria took a drink from a container marked "milk." Surprised, she quickly spit out
the liquid because it turned out the container was filled with orange juice instead.
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Maria likes orange juice, so why did she have such a negative reaction to it? Her
response was most affected by:
a. reception of a stimulus
b. bottom-up processing
c. top-down processing
d. focused attention - ANSWER-c. top-down processing
"Perceiving Machines" are used by the US postal service to "read" the addresses
on letters and sort them quickly to their correct destinations. Sometimes, these
machines cannot "read" an address because the writing on the envelope is not
sufficiently clear for the machine to "match" the writing to an "example" it has
stored in "memory". Human postal workers are much more successful at reading
unclear addresses, most likely because of:
a. bottom-up processing
b. top-down processing
c. their in-depth understanding of principles of perception
d. repeated practice at the task. - ANSWER-b. top-down processing
The rat-man demonstration, which we did in class, shows how:
a. meaningfulness determines perceptual organization
b. recently acquired knowledge can influence perception
c. things that are near each other appear to be grouped together
d. Gestalt psychologists approach perception. - ANSWER-b. recently acquired
knowledge can influence perception
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