Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AHindsight bias
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CAnchoring
4. DOverconfidence

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. APhoneme
2. BLexicon
3. CPhrase
4. DMorpheme

Which memory store holds visual information for a fraction of a second?

1. ALong-term memory
2. BEchoic memory
3. CWorking memory
4. DIconic memory

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AMentally reinstating the context of the event
2. BAsking leading questions to speed things up
3. CShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
4. DAsking only yes-or-no questions

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

1. AWords repeated several times
2. BA switch from English to German in the same voice
3. CThe meaning of the words
4. DA switch from a male to a female voice

Counting the windows in your house by picturing walking around it mainly uses which working memory component?

1. ALong-term procedural memory
2. BThe episodic buffer
3. CThe phonological loop
4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad

Warren replaced one speech sound in a sentence with a cough. Listeners reported hearing the sentence intact and could not locate the cough correctly. This is evidence for:

1. ATop-down influences in speech perception
2. BPurely bottom-up speech perception
3. CDamage to Broca's area
4. DEchoic memory lasting for several minutes

In prospect theory, losses typically feel:

1. AExactly as strong as gains of the same size, on average
2. BWeaker than gains of the same size
3. CAbout twice as strong as gains of the same size
4. DStrong only when they are certain