Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

1. AMental set
2. BTrial-and-error learning
3. CFunctional fixedness
4. DInsight

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

1. ARecognising a face you have seen before
2. BFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
3. CRemembering a phone number for a few seconds
4. DSolving an arithmetic problem

In cognitive psychology, a schema is:

1. AA sudden loss of memory after brain injury
2. BA visual illusion caused by misleading depth cues in a scene
3. CAn organised framework of knowledge about something
4. DA single item held in short-term memory

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

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

1. APrevents the eyes from reading the words
2. BErases information already in long-term memory
3. CBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
4. DOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad

A student who studied while drinking coffee recalls more when tested after drinking coffee. This illustrates:

1. AState-dependent memory
2. BThe serial position effect
3. CThe spacing effect
4. DFlashbulb memory

After a stroke in the right parietal lobe, a patient eats only from the right side of the plate and draws only the right half of a clock. This is:

1. AProsopagnosia
2. BAnterograde amnesia
3. CLeft visual field blindsight
4. DUnilateral spatial neglect

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

1. ARemember everything equally well
2. BShow the same recall for all list positions
3. CLose all memories after a mild headache
4. DHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern