Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

1. ACraik and Lockhart
2. BAtkinson and Shiffrin
3. CLoftus and Palmer
4. DBaddeley and Hitch

The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s shifted psychology's focus towards:

1. AInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
2. BOnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
3. CIntrospection about raw sensations only
4. DUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives

About how many items can a person hold in short-term memory, according to George Miller's classic estimate?

1. A12 ± 3
2. B3 ± 1
3. C20 ± 5
4. D7 ± 2

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

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. ASunk cost fallacy
2. BGambler's fallacy
3. CAnchoring effect
4. DEndowment effect

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

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

When older adults recall autobiographical memories, they recall a disproportionately large number from roughly ages 10 to 30. This is called:

1. AThe reminiscence bump
2. BThe recency effect
3. CInfantile amnesia
4. DFlashbulb memory

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. BSeparate visual streams for perception and action
3. CFeature binding through focused spatial attention
4. DEarly selection of attention before perception