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WGU D570 Cognitive Psychology| All PossibleQuestions and Answers |100% Accurate.
What is measured by the paper folding test? - (correct answer) -Spatial Imagery
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What is mental imagery? - (correct answer) -The ability to recreate sensory information
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without physical stimuli
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What is a component of psychosocial development? - (correct answer) -Personality
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A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traveling down the hills
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were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates casual inference? - (correct answer)
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-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? -
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(correct answer) -The students both start speaking loudly and gesturing.
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Which cortex of the frontal lobe is activated when someone determines whether another
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person appears to be physically attractive? - (correct answer) -Frontal Cortex
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What is the the electrical impulse fired down the axon of a neuron? - (correct answer) -
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Which part of a neuron transports an electrical signal? - (correct answer) -Axon
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Which types of tasks have revealed cognitive deficits in people with a substance abuse
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disorder? - (correct answer) -Working Memory Tests
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Which example shows how sensory memory results in the persistence of vision when
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watching fireworks? - (correct answer) -Fireworks appear as falling trails of light due to
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iconic memories lasting fractions of a second.
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Which explanation shows how multiple forms of memory would contribute to effective
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execution of a mental math problem? - (correct answer) -Numbers are held in short-
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term memory and manipulations are conducted on the numbers in working memory
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when solving the math problem.
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,Which scenario exemplifies how the articulatory rehearsal process contributes to a
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student's short-term memory for course lecture material, according to Baddeley's
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model? - (correct answer) -The student repeats silently what their instructor has said
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before writing it down.
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A person is trying to recall the names of a set of seven actors whose pictures were
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briefly presented upside down. What explains how the episodic buffer enhances
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working memory in this scenario? - (correct answer) -The episodic buffer connects with
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long-term memory of the actors' faces and names, bringing content into working
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memory.
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How does activity-silent working memory help performance on mental rotation
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problems? - (correct answer) -Strengthening of connections between neurons helps
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performance on mental rotation problems
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How is the primacy effect related to attention for a set of words presented sequentially? -
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(correct answer) -The first word presented receives the persons full attention.
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Which example shows Westmacott and Moscovitch's concept of autobiographically
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significant semantic memories? - (correct answer) -Person recalls the name of the actor
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that they saw in the airport years ago.
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A person is studying a list of types of fish for a wildlife test that will occur in one week.
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Which example illustrates the combined long-term memory encoding strategies of visual
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imagery and organization? - (correct answer) -The person imagines each fish on a tree
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structure corresponding to categories of fish types.
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A person is studying a list of names of pastries for their new job at a bakery. Which
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example shows the interaction between the deep processing strategies of generation
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and self-reference? - (correct answer) -The person creates flashcards for the names of
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the pastries, pairing each with an estimate of how appetizing the pastry appears.
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A person surprises themself in recalling the name of an artist most have not heard of.
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Which process occurs when the person tries to remember how they learned that fact? -
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(correct answer) -Source monitoring
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Researchers Robert Nash and Kimberley Wade ran an experiment in which participants‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p ‘p
played a gambling game on a computer and were later shown a modified video of
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themselves cheating. What did this experiment reveal about false confessions? -
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(correct answer) -Participants confessed to cheating after being shown the modified
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video, even though they did not recall cheating indicating the power of suggestive
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questioning and tactics
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Which example reflects the impact of the self-image hypothesis? - (correct answer) -A
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person remembers graduating from law school
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,What is a primary concern of behaviorism according to John Watson? - (correct answer)
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-Identifying the relationship between environmental stimuli and behavior
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Which concept supports the paired-associate learning results? - (correct answer) -
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Which component of Broadbent's flow diagram of the mind blocks unattended
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messages? - (correct answer) -Filter
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Which evidence disproves Aristotle's assertion that "thought is impossible without an
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image"? - (correct answer) -People who cannot visualize images are still capable of
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thinking
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Which stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory does an individual begin to
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understand mathematical reasoning? - (correct answer) -Concrete Operational
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Which term describes a child's tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or
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object according to Piaget? - (correct answer) -Centration
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Which stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development is represented by a child's
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ability to mentally represent objects and events with words and images? - (correct
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answer) -Preoperational
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Which kind of intelligence reflects abilities drawn from experience? - (correct answer) -
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Crystalized
Which mental framework is used in learning according to Piaget? - (correct answer) -
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Schemas
A child reads the following incorrect sentence: "The car was traceling down the hills
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were beautiful." Which cognitive process illustrates the garden path model of parsing? -
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(correct answer) -The child changes their mind from the subject being the car to the hills
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A student reads these two sentences: A dog was running. It slipped and fell. which
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thought process is an example of an anaphoric inference? - (correct answer) -The
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student infers that the word "it" refers to the dog
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Why is establishing common ground important to conversations? - (correct answer) -It
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aids in having an engaging discussion
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Which property of words contributes to the word frequency effect? - (correct answer) -
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how often a word is used within a language
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While studying in a noisy coffee shop, a student is able to focus solely on their textbook,
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tuning out the surrounding conversations and background music. Which cognitive
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phenomenon does this scenario illustrate? - (correct answer) -Selective attention
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, A person is enjoying a day at the beach. They hear children playing see the ocean
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waves feel the warm sun taste the salty air and smell sunscreen. Which state of
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consciousness is this person experiencing? - (correct answer) -wakeful state
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How does rotating shift work affect consciousness? - (correct answer) -it can affect a
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person's sleep regulation, leading to insomnia and fatigue.
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Which statement describes circadian rhythm in the sleep-wake cycle and
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consciousness? - (correct answer) -Circadian rhythms regulate the sleep-wake cycle
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and impact alertness
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Which test measures brain activity to determine a person's stage of sleep or
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sonsciousness? - (correct answer) -Electroencephalogram EEG
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What does the Stroop interference task use to demonstrate a slower reaction time? -
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(correct answer) -By displaying color words in different color fonts
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A kindergarten student is trying to solve a handheld maze. The student focuses on the
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last step of the maze, causing them to miss earlier steps. What process describes why
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the student has a difficult time discovering the first step required to solve the maze? -
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(correct answer) -Fixation causes the student to focus too much on the last part of the
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maze and to overlook important steps at the beginning
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A teenager's car won't start because the battery is drained after leaving the headlights
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on overnight. He realizes he needs jumper cables after recalling a childhood memory of
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his parents jump-starting the family car after the battery died. Which recognition and
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memory retrieval processes were involved in this problem-solving? - (correct answer) -
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Which example demonstrates Newell and Simon's approach to problem solving? -
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(correct answer) -A person planning an event makes a list of to-dos and begins working
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on one task at a time until they are all completed
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Which example demonstrates the importance of how a problem statement is presented
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for effective problem solving? - (correct answer) -A person reads a prompt for an essay
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question and notices that the teacher used certain language, which helped the person
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eliminate incorrect answers.
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A student started a new club for their school and is thinking of ways to increase
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participation. Which scenario is based on the student's use of analogical transfer? -
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(correct answer) -The student uses colorful flyers to advertise the club because they
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remember that this strategy previously led to increased school voting.
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A musician is having a difficult time composing a new song. They spend a week
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camping alone in the mountains, completing the song while in the wilderness. How can
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