Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ARecognition
2. BSerial recall
3. CRelearning
4. DFree recall

Functional fixedness is the tendency to:

1. ASolve every problem with the same algorithm
2. BForget the purpose of an object after a delay
3. CSee an object only in terms of its usual use
4. DRemember objects better than words

The feeling after an event that "I knew it all along" is called:

1. AOverconfidence
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DAnchoring

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

1. APhonemic restoration
2. BLinguistic relativity
3. CSemantic priming
4. DUniversal grammar

Which working memory component is most heavily used when you switch between two tasks and decide what to focus on?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe visuospatial sketchpad
3. CThe phonological loop
4. DIconic memory

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. APrevents the eyes from reading the words
2. BBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
3. COverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
4. DErases information already in long-term memory

The framing effect is demonstrated when people:

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

A patient with a long history of heavy alcohol use cannot form new memories and fills gaps with invented stories that he believes. This is typical of:

1. ADissociative amnesia
2. BRetrograde amnesia only
3. CKorsakoff's syndrome
4. DWernicke's aphasia