Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The representativeness heuristic means judging the probability of something by:

1. AHow easily examples come to mind
2. BHow closely it resembles a typical example
3. CHow much time or money you have already invested in it
4. DThe first number you were given

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. AMorpheme
2. BPhoneme
3. CPhrase
4. DLexicon

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

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

A student who studied while drinking coffee recalls more when tested after drinking coffee. This illustrates:

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BState-dependent memory
3. CThe serial position effect
4. DThe spacing effect

Students given a coffee mug ask for a much higher price to sell it than other students will pay to buy it. This is the:

1. AAnchoring effect
2. BEndowment effect
3. CSunk cost fallacy
4. DGambler's fallacy

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

1. ASolving an anagram
2. BDesigning a pleasant garden
3. CFinding the sum of two numbers
4. DCompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle

The Stroop effect shows that:

1. AColour perception depends only on the eyes
2. BReading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour
3. CAttention can be divided without any cost
4. DPeople can name colours faster than they can read words

The framing effect is demonstrated when people:

1. AIgnore all numerical information
2. BRemember the frame of a picture better than its content
3. CRecall information better in the same room
4. DChoose differently between identical options described as gains or as losses