Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AAnchoring
2. BConfirmation bias
3. COverconfidence
4. DHindsight bias

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

1. AProcedural memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CScreen memory
4. DFlashbulb memory

In cognitive psychology, a schema is:

1. AAn organised framework of knowledge about something
2. BA single item held in short-term memory
3. CA sudden loss of memory after brain injury
4. DA visual illusion caused by misleading depth cues in a scene

Encoding specificity means that recall is best when:

1. AThe context at retrieval matches the context at learning
2. BLearning happens just before sleep only
3. CThe material is learned in a noisy room
4. DInformation is learned in one long session

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

1. AFigure–ground organisation
2. BShape constancy
3. CSize constancy
4. DLinear perspective

In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, which component handles verbal and acoustic information?

1. AThe phonological loop
2. BThe episodic buffer
3. CThe central executive
4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad

Warren replaced one speech sound in a sentence with a cough. Listeners reported hearing the sentence intact and could not locate the cough correctly. This is evidence for:

1. ADamage to Broca's area
2. BTop-down influences in speech perception
3. CEchoic memory lasting for several minutes
4. DPurely bottom-up speech perception

Which concept describes better recall when study sessions are spread out over time rather than crammed?

1. AThe spacing effect
2. BThe von Restorff effect
3. CThe generation effect
4. DThe testing effect