Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

1. ARelearning
2. BFree recall
3. CSerial recall
4. DRecognition

Continuing to invest in a failing project because of the money already spent is called the:

1. AAvailability heuristic
2. BSunk cost fallacy
3. CGambler's fallacy
4. DFraming effect

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

1. AIconic memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CScreen memory
4. DProcedural memory

Anchoring bias occurs when:

1. APeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along
2. BPeople prefer options presented as gains
3. CAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate
4. DPeople remember only the end of an experience

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

1. ALinear perspective
2. BSize constancy
3. CShape constancy
4. DFigure–ground organisation

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. AFigure–ground organisation
2. BRetinal disparity
3. CSize constancy
4. DThe law of closure

In rapid serial visual presentation, people often miss a second target that appears about 200–500 ms after the first. This is called:

1. AIconic decay
2. BThe attentional blink
3. CInhibition of return
4. DChange blindness

Morris, Bransford and Franks found that words processed for rhyme were better recognised in a rhyming test than words processed for meaning. This challenges levels of processing because:

1. ARhyming words are stored in iconic memory
2. BMeaning cannot be processed during learning
3. CMemory depends on the match between encoding and test, not only on depth
4. DShallow processing is always better than deep processing