Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

1. AThe first example of a category that a child learns in early life
2. BA strict list of features every member must have
3. CThe most typical member or average example of a category
4. DA rare and unusual member of a category

Linking new information to things you already know, so it becomes meaningful, is called:

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BElaborative rehearsal
3. CDecay
4. DRote repetition

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

1. AThe blind spot
2. BThe fovea
3. CThe periphery
4. DThe optic chiasm

Inattentional blindness is shown by the study in which participants failed to notice:

1. AA person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
2. BA word flashed below the threshold of awareness
3. CA tone played in one ear
4. DA change in the colour of a single letter

In a lexical decision task, people recognise "nurse" as a word faster after seeing "doctor" than after seeing "bread". This is best explained by:

1. ASpreading activation in a semantic network
2. BThe phonological similarity effect
3. CRetroactive interference
4. DIconic memory decay

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. ASize constancy
2. BThe law of closure
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DFigure–ground organisation

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMeans–end analysis
2. BAnchoring
3. CMaximising
4. DSatisficing

In a city, 85% of cabs are green and 15% are blue. A witness who is correct 80% of the time says the cab in an accident was blue. What is the probability it really was blue?

1. AAbout 41%
2. BAbout 80%
3. CAbout 15%
4. DAbout 68%