Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

The tendency to search for information that supports what we already believe is called:

  1. AFundamental attribution error
  2. BConfirmation bias
  3. CAnchoring
  4. DHindsight bias
2.Easy

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

  1. AProactive interference
  2. BMetacognition
  3. CHabituation
  4. DPriming
3.Easy

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

  1. AThe fovea
  2. BThe optic chiasm
  3. CThe blind spot
  4. DThe periphery
4.Medium

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

  1. AInsight
  2. BMeans–end analysis
  3. CIncubation
  4. DTrial and error
5.Medium

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

  1. AThe spacing effect
  2. BEncoding specificity
  3. CThe testing effect
  4. DProactive interference
6.Medium

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

  1. APreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
  2. BAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene
  3. CAre processed in the phonological loop
  4. DCannot be inspected once formed
7.Hard

The Stroop effect shows that:

  1. AColour perception depends only on the eyes
  2. BAttention can be divided without any cost
  3. CReading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour
  4. DPeople can name colours faster than they can read words
8.Hard

In Sperling's experiments, participants saw a 3 × 4 grid of letters briefly. When a tone signalled which row to report immediately afterwards, they could report most letters of that row. What did this show?

  1. ABriefly seen letters are transferred into long-term memory at once
  2. BMost of the display is briefly held but fades before it can all be reported
  3. CHearing a warning tone improves visual perception of nearby letters in general
  4. DIconic memory holds only about four letters, however they are tested

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Confirmation bias
  2. 2. B · Metacognition
  3. 3. A · The fovea
  4. 4. B · Means–end analysis
  5. 5. C · The testing effect
  6. 6. A · Preserve spatial relationships of the real scene
  7. 7. C · Reading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour
  8. 8. B · Most of the display is briefly held but fades before it can all be reported

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