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D570 / D 570 EXAM 1 & FINAL EXAM (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE WITH
SOLUTIONS) COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | GRADE A | 100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) - WGU
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) .....ANSWER.....a
brain imaging technique introduced in 1990 that allows the
observation of activated areas in the human brain during
cognitive activity without radioactive tracers• EX: Researchers use
fMRI to see which parts of the brain are active when people
recall childhood memories.
Broca's Aphasia .....ANSWER.....A speech disorder resulting from
damage to Broca's area (frontal lobe), causing difficulty in
producing speech while comprehension largely remains intact.EX:
After suffering a stroke, a man tries to say, "I need help," but can
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only say "help... need," struggling with speech but understanding
others perfectly.
Behaviorism .....ANSWER.....A psychological approach that
focuses on observable behaviors and how they are learned
through interactions with the environment, often through
conditioning. EX: dog is trained to sit by being rewarded with a
treat every time it follows the command. Over time, the dog
learns to sit without needing a treat every time.
Heuristic: .....ANSWER.....mental shortcut that allows people to
solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. • EX:
When deciding which route to drive during rush hour, someone
quickly chooses the side streets without checking traffic because
the side streets are usually faster.
Method of Loci .....ANSWER.....A mnemonic device that involves
imagining a familiar place and mentally placing items you want
to remember at different locations within it. • EX: A student
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imagines walking through their house, placing "photosynthesis" in
the kitchen and "mitosis" on the living room couch to remember
biology terms for a test.
Lexical Priming .....ANSWER.....When exposure to one word
makes it easier to recognize or respond to a related word later.
• EX: After hearing the word "cat," a person more quickly
recognizes the word "dog" because they are commonly
associated in memory.
Psycholinguistics .....ANSWER.....The study of the psychological
processes related to the comprehension, production, and
acquisition of language. • EX: A researcher studies how toddlers
learn new words faster when adults use exaggerated, high-
pitched speech.
Wernicke's Area .....ANSWER.....A region in the brain's left
temporal lobe that is crucial for understanding language. • EX:
When you listen to a podcast and understand what the speaker
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is saying, your Wernicke's area is actively comprehending the
language.
Wernicke's Aphasia .....ANSWER.....A language disorder caused
by damage to Wernicke's area, leading to fluent but nonsensical
speech and impaired language comprehension. • EX: After brain
damage, a woman speaks in long, flowing sentences, but they
are confusing and meaningless ("The butter talks when the wall
runs"), and she has trouble understanding or comprehending
questions.
Structuralism .....ANSWER.....An early school of psychology that
aimed to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing its
basic elements through introspection. • EX: A person is asked to
describe their sensations and feelings in response to eating an
apple. They say "like its sweetness, crunchiness, and the color
red" breaking the experience into smaller parts.
D570 / D 570 EXAM 1 & FINAL EXAM (LATEST 2025 /
2026 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE WITH
SOLUTIONS) COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | GRADE A | 100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) - WGU
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) .....ANSWER.....a
brain imaging technique introduced in 1990 that allows the
observation of activated areas in the human brain during
cognitive activity without radioactive tracers• EX: Researchers use
fMRI to see which parts of the brain are active when people
recall childhood memories.
Broca's Aphasia .....ANSWER.....A speech disorder resulting from
damage to Broca's area (frontal lobe), causing difficulty in
producing speech while comprehension largely remains intact.EX:
After suffering a stroke, a man tries to say, "I need help," but can
,Page 2 of 208
only say "help... need," struggling with speech but understanding
others perfectly.
Behaviorism .....ANSWER.....A psychological approach that
focuses on observable behaviors and how they are learned
through interactions with the environment, often through
conditioning. EX: dog is trained to sit by being rewarded with a
treat every time it follows the command. Over time, the dog
learns to sit without needing a treat every time.
Heuristic: .....ANSWER.....mental shortcut that allows people to
solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently. • EX:
When deciding which route to drive during rush hour, someone
quickly chooses the side streets without checking traffic because
the side streets are usually faster.
Method of Loci .....ANSWER.....A mnemonic device that involves
imagining a familiar place and mentally placing items you want
to remember at different locations within it. • EX: A student
,Page 3 of 208
imagines walking through their house, placing "photosynthesis" in
the kitchen and "mitosis" on the living room couch to remember
biology terms for a test.
Lexical Priming .....ANSWER.....When exposure to one word
makes it easier to recognize or respond to a related word later.
• EX: After hearing the word "cat," a person more quickly
recognizes the word "dog" because they are commonly
associated in memory.
Psycholinguistics .....ANSWER.....The study of the psychological
processes related to the comprehension, production, and
acquisition of language. • EX: A researcher studies how toddlers
learn new words faster when adults use exaggerated, high-
pitched speech.
Wernicke's Area .....ANSWER.....A region in the brain's left
temporal lobe that is crucial for understanding language. • EX:
When you listen to a podcast and understand what the speaker
, Page 4 of 208
is saying, your Wernicke's area is actively comprehending the
language.
Wernicke's Aphasia .....ANSWER.....A language disorder caused
by damage to Wernicke's area, leading to fluent but nonsensical
speech and impaired language comprehension. • EX: After brain
damage, a woman speaks in long, flowing sentences, but they
are confusing and meaningless ("The butter talks when the wall
runs"), and she has trouble understanding or comprehending
questions.
Structuralism .....ANSWER.....An early school of psychology that
aimed to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing its
basic elements through introspection. • EX: A person is asked to
describe their sensations and feelings in response to eating an
apple. They say "like its sweetness, crunchiness, and the color
red" breaking the experience into smaller parts.
