D570 D 570 Exam 1 Latest Update Cognitive Psychology

D570 / D 570 Exam 1 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Cognitive Psychology | Questions with Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Answers) - WGU

Question:

What is cognitive psychology?

Answer:

A branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind - that includes such mental processes as perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, etc.

Question:

How is it possible to study the inner workings of the mind, when we can't really see the mind directly?

Answer:

We can study cognition indirectly by observing and measuring behavior.

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Question:

Donders' reaction time experiment

Answer:

Simple reaction time -When light flashes, push button

Choice reaction time -When light flashes on left or right, push left or right button.

Average Choice RT 250 ms

• Average Simple RT 150 ms

= 100 ms to make a decision

Question:

Wundt's psychology laboratory (1879)

Answer:

Used introspection to study the mind.

Introspection - technique of breaking down psychology experiences into primary sensations.

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Question:

Ebbinghaus' memory experiment

Answer:

Present a list of nonsense words:

DAX BIV LUH etc.Recorded number of trials to learn the list initially

After a delay, recorded how many repetitions it took to relearn list - this was then converted into percent savings

Question:

Behaviorism (John Watson)

Answer:

A movement in psychology that emphasized the study of behavior over inner mental processes.

Watson believed that psychology's goals should be to predict and control behavior and not study the inner workings of the mind.

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