Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Repeating a phone number over and over to keep it in mind is called:

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BElaborative rehearsal
3. CChunking
4. DConsolidation

Functional fixedness is the tendency to:

1. AForget the purpose of an object after a delay
2. BRemember objects better than words
3. CSolve every problem with the same algorithm
4. DSee an object only in terms of its usual use

What is a heuristic?

1. AA disorder of perception
2. BA mental shortcut used to make judgements quickly
3. CA type of long-term memory
4. DA step-by-step procedure that always finds the right answer

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

1. AErases information already in long-term memory
2. BOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
3. CBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
4. DPrevents the eyes from reading the words

Anchoring bias occurs when:

1. APeople prefer options presented as gains
2. BAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate
3. CPeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along
4. DPeople remember only the end of an experience

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

1. AInsight
2. BIncubation
3. CMeans–end analysis
4. DTrial and error

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

1. AAnchoring
2. BSatisficing
3. CMaximising
4. DMeans–end analysis

Which concept describes better recall when study sessions are spread out over time rather than crammed?

1. AThe testing effect
2. BThe generation effect
3. CThe spacing effect
4. DThe von Restorff effect