Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Damage to Wernicke's area typically causes:

  1. AFluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
  2. BLoss of the ability to read but not to write
  3. CLoss of the ability to recognise familiar faces
  4. DSlow, effortful speech with good comprehension
2.Easy

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

  1. APriming
  2. BHabituation
  3. CProactive interference
  4. DMetacognition
3.Easy

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

  1. AInsight
  2. BFunctional fixedness
  3. CTrial-and-error learning
  4. DMental set
4.Medium

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

  1. AThe meaning of the words
  2. BA switch from English to German in the same voice
  3. CA switch from a male to a female voice
  4. DWords repeated several times
5.Medium

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

  1. ALinguistic relativity
  2. BSemantic priming
  3. CPhonemic restoration
  4. DUniversal grammar
6.Medium

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

  1. ARetinal disparity
  2. BThe law of closure
  3. CSize constancy
  4. DFigure–ground organisation
7.Hard

H.M. practised mirror drawing over several days. His performance improved steadily, yet each day he said he had never done the task before. What does this show?

  1. AHis improvement came from rehearsal in short-term memory
  2. BMirror drawing depends mainly on the hippocampus
  3. CSkills can be learned without remembering the practice
  4. DH.M. was only pretending not to remember the sessions
8.Hard

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

  1. AGrammar plays no role in understanding
  2. BPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
  3. CShort sentences are always harder than long ones
  4. DPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Fluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
  2. 2. D · Metacognition
  3. 3. A · Insight
  4. 4. C · A switch from a male to a female voice
  5. 5. A · Linguistic relativity
  6. 6. D · Figure–ground organisation
  7. 7. C · Skills can be learned without remembering the practice
  8. 8. B · People build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails

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