Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Generating many different possible uses for a brick is an example of:

  1. AFunctional fixedness
  2. BDivergent thinking
  3. CDeductive reasoning
  4. DConvergent thinking
2.Easy

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

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

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

  1. ARecognition
  2. BRelearning
  3. CSerial recall
  4. DFree recall
4.Medium

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

  1. AFigure–ground organisation
  2. BSize constancy
  3. CShape constancy
  4. DLinear perspective
5.Medium

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

  1. AThe law of closure
  2. BSize constancy
  3. CFigure–ground organisation
  4. DRetinal disparity
6.Medium

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

  1. APerception is built only from the raw features of the incoming stimulus
  2. BOnly the lower parts of the visual field are processed
  3. CExpectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input
  4. DPerception happens without any involvement of memory
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. AA single visual system used for every visual task
  2. BFeature binding through focused spatial attention
  3. CEarly selection of attention before perception
  4. DSeparate visual streams for perception and action
8.Hard

People judge that more English words begin with K than have K as the third letter, although the reverse is true. Which heuristic explains this?

  1. ARepresentativeness: K-words look like typical English words
  2. BFraming: the question describes the words as a loss
  3. CAnchoring: the letter K is the first value people are given
  4. DAvailability: words are easier to retrieve by first letter

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Divergent thinking
  2. 2. C · The most typical member or average example of a category
  3. 3. A · Recognition
  4. 4. B · Size constancy
  5. 5. C · Figure–ground organisation
  6. 6. C · Expectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input
  7. 7. D · Separate visual streams for perception and action
  8. 8. D · Availability: words are easier to retrieve by first letter

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