Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity indirectly by detecting:

  1. AChanges in blood oxygenation
  2. BMagnetic pulses applied to the skull
  3. CElectrical activity at the scalp
  4. DThe structure of white matter only
2.Easy

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

  1. ALinear perspective
  2. BTexture gradient
  3. CInterposition
  4. DRetinal disparity
3.Easy

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

  1. AHeuristic
  2. BPhoneme
  3. CPrototype
  4. DScript
4.Medium

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

  1. AThe visuospatial sketchpad
  2. BThe central executive
  3. CThe phonological loop
  4. DIconic memory
5.Medium

Which feature is typical of an automatic process, such as reading a familiar word?

  1. AIt needs a lot of conscious effort
  2. BIt is fast and hard to stop once started
  3. CIt is easily disrupted by a second task
  4. DIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
6.Medium

People recall more words from a list of short words (e.g. "cat, sun") than from a list of long words. The usual explanation is that:

  1. ALong words cause retroactive interference with earlier items
  2. BShort words are held in iconic memory as well as acoustically
  3. CShort words take less time to rehearse in the phonological loop
  4. DLong words are processed more deeply and so crowd each other out
7.Hard

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. BChange blindness
  3. CInhibition of return
  4. DThe attentional blink
8.Hard

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

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Changes in blood oxygenation
  2. 2. D · Retinal disparity
  3. 3. D · Script
  4. 4. B · The central executive
  5. 5. B · It is fast and hard to stop once started
  6. 6. C · Short words take less time to rehearse in the phonological loop
  7. 7. D · The attentional blink
  8. 8. C · Few used the analogy until told the story might help

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