Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

What is a heuristic?

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

The feeling after an event that "I knew it all along" is called:

1. AOverconfidence
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DAnchoring

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

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

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
2. BAsking leading questions to speed things up
3. CMentally reinstating the context of the event
4. DAsking only yes-or-no questions

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

1. AHindsight bias
2. BSelf-serving bias
3. CBelief bias
4. DAnchoring

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. BMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
3. CThe sentence contains more letters to read
4. D"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"

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

1. AThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
2. BBoth effects became larger
3. CRecall became equal at all positions except the middle
4. DThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained

The Stroop effect shows that:

1. AAttention can be divided without any cost
2. BColour perception depends only on the eyes
3. CPeople can name colours faster than they can read words
4. DReading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour