Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
  2. BUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives
  3. COnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
  4. DIntrospection about raw sensations only
2.Easy

Damage to Wernicke's area typically causes:

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

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

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

Anchoring bias occurs when:

  1. APeople remember only the end of an experience
  2. BPeople prefer options presented as gains
  3. CPeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along
  4. DAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate
5.Medium

"All mammals breathe air. Whales are mammals. Therefore whales breathe air." This is an example of:

  1. AThe availability heuristic
  2. BAnalogical reasoning
  3. CInductive reasoning
  4. DDeductive reasoning
6.Medium

In Shepard and Metzler's mental rotation task, the time to decide whether two 3D shapes are the same:

  1. AIs the same whatever the angle of rotation is
  2. BIncreases with the angle between the two shapes
  3. CDepends mainly on how complex the shapes are
  4. DDecreases as the angle between them gets larger
7.Hard

A patient can recognise a car, a cup and a dog but cannot recognise the faces of close family members, identifying them by voice instead. This is:

  1. ASpatial neglect
  2. BWernicke's aphasia
  3. CProsopagnosia
  4. DBlindsight
8.Hard

The "tip-of-the-tongue" state is evidence that:

  1. AInformation can be stored but temporarily not retrievable
  2. BThe information was never encoded
  3. CMemories decay within seconds
  4. DLanguage is stored only in short-term memory

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Internal mental processes such as memory and thinking
  2. 2. A · Fluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
  3. 3. D · The most typical member or average example of a category
  4. 4. D · An initial number strongly influences a later estimate
  5. 5. D · Deductive reasoning
  6. 6. B · Increases with the angle between the two shapes
  7. 7. C · Prosopagnosia
  8. 8. A · Information can be stored but temporarily not retrievable

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