Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

  1. AHeuristic
  2. BScript
  3. CPhoneme
  4. DPrototype
2.Easy

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

  1. ARecognising a face you have seen before
  2. BFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
  3. CSolving an arithmetic problem
  4. DRemembering a phone number for a few seconds
3.Easy

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

  1. AA rare and unusual member of a category
  2. BThe first example of a category that a child learns in early life
  3. CThe most typical member or average example of a category
  4. DA strict list of features every member must have
4.Medium

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

  1. AAnterograde amnesia
  2. BProactive interference
  3. CRetroactive interference
  4. DEncoding failure
5.Medium

In Duncker's candle problem, participants must fix a candle to a wall using a box of tacks and matches. The solution is hard to find because people:

  1. ASee the box only as a container, not as a shelf
  2. BAssume the tacks are too short to hold the candle
  3. CDo not realise the candle has to be lit first
  4. DSpend too long trying to melt wax with the matches
6.Medium

Baddeley added the episodic buffer to the working memory model to explain how working memory:

  1. ABinds information from different sources and from long-term memory
  2. BStores visual information for a fraction of a second
  3. CDirects attention and switches between tasks
  4. DRehearses speech sounds silently with an inner voice
7.Hard

Patient D.F. could not report the orientation of a slot but could accurately post a card through it. Milner and Goodale used this to support the idea of:

  1. AFeature binding through focused spatial attention
  2. BA single visual system used for every visual task
  3. CSeparate visual streams for perception and action
  4. DEarly selection of attention before perception
8.Hard

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

  1. AHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
  2. BShow the same recall for all list positions
  3. CRemember everything equally well
  4. DLose all memories after a mild headache

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Script
  2. 2. B · Following one conversation at a noisy party
  3. 3. C · The most typical member or average example of a category
  4. 4. B · Proactive interference
  5. 5. A · See the box only as a container, not as a shelf
  6. 6. A · Binds information from different sources and from long-term memory
  7. 7. C · Separate visual streams for perception and action
  8. 8. A · Have impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern

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