Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

1. AMental set
2. BInsight
3. CFunctional fixedness
4. DTrial-and-error learning

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

1. ARelearning
2. BRecognition
3. CSerial recall
4. DFree recall

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

1. AA rare and unusual member of a category
2. BThe first example of a category that a child learns in early life
3. CA strict list of features every member must have
4. DThe most typical member or average example of a category

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

1. AMemory for faces is more reliable than memory for events
2. BEyewitnesses are always accurate about speed
3. CThe wording of a question can change eyewitness memory
4. DStress improves the accuracy of recall

In Shepard and Metzler's mental rotation task, the time to decide whether two 3D shapes are the same:

1. AIs the same whatever the angle of rotation is
2. BIncreases with the angle between the two shapes
3. CDepends mainly on how complex the shapes are
4. DDecreases as the angle between them gets larger

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

1. ABlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
2. BProcessed at the same level as the attended message
3. CFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten
4. DWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMaximising
2. BSatisficing
3. CAnchoring
4. DMeans–end analysis

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

1. AGrammar plays no role in understanding
2. BShort sentences are always harder than long ones
3. CPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
4. DPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it