Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. ASensory memory
2. BImplicit memory
3. CExplicit memory
4. DMotor memory

Functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity indirectly by detecting:

1. AElectrical activity at the scalp
2. BMagnetic pulses applied to the skull
3. CThe structure of white matter only
4. DChanges in blood oxygenation

The Gestalt principle of proximity states that we tend to group together elements that are:

1. AForming a closed shape
2. BMoving in the same direction
3. CClose to each other
4. DSimilar in colour

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. AThe spacing effect
2. BThe testing effect
3. CEncoding specificity
4. DProactive interference

Baddeley added the episodic buffer to the working memory model to explain how working memory:

1. ARehearses speech sounds silently with an inner voice
2. BStores visual information for a fraction of a second
3. CDirects attention and switches between tasks
4. DBinds information from different sources and from long-term memory

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. AAnterograde amnesia
2. BProactive interference
3. CEncoding failure
4. DRetroactive interference

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

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

When a video shows a face saying "ga" while the audio says "ba", many people hear "da". This shows that:

1. AVision is ignored when we listen to speech
2. BHearing always overrides vision when they conflict
3. CSpeech perception combines what we see and hear
4. DPeople cannot tell similar speech sounds apart