Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Believing that after five tails in a row a fair coin is "due" to land heads is the:

1. AGambler's fallacy
2. BSunk cost fallacy
3. CEndowment effect
4. DHindsight bias

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

1. ABaddeley and Hitch
2. BCraik and Lockhart
3. CLoftus and Palmer
4. DAtkinson and Shiffrin

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

1. ARelearning
2. BSerial recall
3. CFree recall
4. DRecognition

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

1. ASize constancy
2. BThe law of closure
3. CFigure–ground organisation
4. DRetinal disparity

According to the levels-of-processing approach, which task leads to the best recall of words?

1. ACounting the letters in each word
2. BDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
3. CDeciding whether each word is in capital letters
4. DDeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

1. AStress improves the accuracy of recall
2. BMemory for faces is more reliable than memory for events
3. CEyewitnesses are always accurate about speed
4. DThe wording of a question can change eyewitness memory

Which finding supports a reconstructive view of memory (Bartlett)?

1. APeople can recall long lists of digits perfectly
2. BPeople retelling an unfamiliar story change it to fit their own culture
3. CShort-term memory holds about seven items
4. DMemories of emotional events never change

When older adults recall autobiographical memories, they recall a disproportionately large number from roughly ages 10 to 30. This is called:

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BThe reminiscence bump
3. CInfantile amnesia
4. DThe recency effect