Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

About how many items can a person hold in short-term memory, according to George Miller's classic estimate?

  1. A20 ± 5
  2. B12 ± 3
  3. C3 ± 1
  4. D7 ± 2
2.Easy

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

  1. AEpisodic memory
  2. BSemantic memory
  3. CProcedural memory
  4. DIconic memory
3.Easy

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

  1. ASustained attention
  2. BIconic memory
  3. CSelective attention
  4. DDivided attention
4.Medium

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

  1. ASolving an anagram
  2. BFinding the sum of two numbers
  3. CDesigning a pleasant garden
  4. DCompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle
5.Medium

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

  1. AAnchoring
  2. BHindsight bias
  3. CSelf-serving bias
  4. DBelief bias
6.Medium

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

  1. AA switch from a male to a female voice
  2. BThe meaning of the words
  3. CA switch from English to German in the same voice
  4. DWords repeated several times
7.Hard

After a stroke in the right parietal lobe, a patient eats only from the right side of the plate and draws only the right half of a clock. This is:

  1. AProsopagnosia
  2. BLeft visual field blindsight
  3. CUnilateral spatial neglect
  4. DAnterograde amnesia
8.Hard

In the Wason selection task, cards show E, K, 4 and 7. The rule is "If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other". Which cards must be turned to test the rule?

  1. AE and 4
  2. BE, 4 and 7
  3. CE and 7
  4. DE only

Answer key

  1. 1. D · 7 ± 2
  2. 2. C · Procedural memory
  3. 3. D · Divided attention
  4. 4. C · Designing a pleasant garden
  5. 5. D · Belief bias
  6. 6. A · A switch from a male to a female voice
  7. 7. C · Unilateral spatial neglect
  8. 8. C · E and 7

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