Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Damage to Wernicke's area typically causes:

1. ASlow, effortful speech with good comprehension
2. BLoss of the ability to read but not to write
3. CFluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
4. DLoss of the ability to recognise familiar faces

What is a heuristic?

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

A vivid, detailed memory of where you were when you heard shocking news is called a:

1. AProcedural memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CScreen memory
4. DIconic memory

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"

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

1. AAre processed in the phonological loop
2. BAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene
3. CCannot be inspected once formed
4. DPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

1. APerception is built only from the raw features of the incoming stimulus
2. BOnly the lower parts of the visual field are processed
3. CPerception happens without any involvement of memory
4. DExpectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input

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

1. AInfantile amnesia
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CThe reminiscence bump
4. DThe recency effect

Gick and Holyoak gave participants a story about an army attacking a fortress from many sides, then Duncker's radiation problem. What did they find?

1. AThe story made the radiation problem harder to solve
2. BAlmost everyone used the analogy without needing any hint
3. CFew used the analogy until told the story might help
4. DNobody could solve the radiation problem, even with a hint