Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which type of memory stores facts such as "Paris is the capital of France"?

1. ASemantic memory
2. BProcedural memory
3. CEpisodic memory
4. DSensory memory

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

1. AMental set
2. BFunctional fixedness
3. CTrial-and-error learning
4. DInsight

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

1. AFree recall
2. BSerial recall
3. CRelearning
4. DRecognition

After studying the words "bed, rest, tired, dream, snooze", many people falsely recall "sleep". This paradigm demonstrates:

1. ARapid decay of items in iconic memory
2. BThe word length effect in verbal memory
3. CNear-perfect recall of meaningful, related word lists
4. DFalse memories produced by related associations

People recall more words from a list of short words (e.g. "cat, sun") than from a list of long words. The usual explanation is that:

1. ALong words are processed more deeply and so crowd each other out
2. BShort words are held in iconic memory as well as acoustically
3. CLong words cause retroactive interference with earlier items
4. DShort words take less time to rehearse in the phonological loop

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

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

Linda is described as outspoken and concerned with social justice. Many people judge "Linda is a bank teller and a feminist" more likely than "Linda is a bank teller". What is the error?

1. ACorrect base-rate use: feminists are common among bank tellers
2. BThe gambler's fallacy: past events change the future odds
3. CAnchoring: the first description fixes the later estimate
4. DThe conjunction fallacy: A and B cannot be likelier than A

Chase and Simon showed chess positions briefly to experts and novices. Experts recalled real game positions much better, but not random positions. This suggests expertise relies on:

1. AChunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory
2. BBetter eyesight
3. CA larger short-term memory capacity in general
4. DPhotographic iconic memory