Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

1. AEEG
2. BfMRI
3. CPET
4. DCT

What is a heuristic?

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

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ARetinal disparity
2. BTexture gradient
3. CInterposition
4. DLinear perspective

Which working memory component is most heavily used when you switch between two tasks and decide what to focus on?

1. AIconic memory
2. BThe central executive
3. CThe visuospatial sketchpad
4. DThe phonological loop

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. AFeature integration theory
2. BPrototype theory and graded category membership
3. CThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
4. DThe multi-store model of memory

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

1. AAnalogical reasoning
2. BDeductive reasoning
3. CThe availability heuristic
4. DInductive reasoning

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

1. ABoth effects became larger
2. BThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
3. CThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
4. DRecall became equal at all positions except the middle

A patient can recognise a car, a cup and a dog but cannot recognise the faces of close family members, identifying them by voice instead. This is:

1. ABlindsight
2. BProsopagnosia
3. CSpatial neglect
4. DWernicke's aphasia