Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. AMorpheme
2. BLexicon
3. CPhrase
4. DPhoneme

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

1. APhoneme
2. BScript
3. CPrototype
4. DHeuristic

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

1. ACraik and Lockhart
2. BLoftus and Palmer
3. CBaddeley and Hitch
4. DAtkinson and Shiffrin

"All mammals breathe air. Whales are mammals. Therefore whales breathe air." This is an example of:

1. AThe availability heuristic
2. BDeductive reasoning
3. CInductive reasoning
4. DAnalogical reasoning

In Collins and Quillian's hierarchical network model, why does "A canary is an animal" take longer to verify than "A canary is a bird"?

1. ACanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"
2. B"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
3. CThe sentence contains more letters to read
4. DMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

1. AEncoding specificity
2. BThe spacing effect
3. CThe testing effect
4. DProactive interference

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

1. AGrammar plays no role in understanding
2. BPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
3. CPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it
4. DShort sentences are always harder than long ones

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

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