Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AProactive interference
2. BHabituation
3. CPriming
4. DMetacognition

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

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

The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s shifted psychology's focus towards:

1. AOnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
2. BUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives
3. CInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
4. DIntrospection about raw sensations only

Inattentional blindness is shown by the study in which participants failed to notice:

1. AA word flashed below the threshold of awareness
2. BA person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
3. CA tone played in one ear
4. DA change in the colour of a single letter

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 testing effect
2. BEncoding specificity
3. CProactive interference
4. DThe spacing effect

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

1. AOnly the lower parts of the visual field are processed
2. BPerception happens without any involvement of memory
3. CPerception is built only from the raw features of the incoming stimulus
4. DExpectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input

In a city, 85% of cabs are green and 15% are blue. A witness who is correct 80% of the time says the cab in an accident was blue. What is the probability it really was blue?

1. AAbout 68%
2. BAbout 41%
3. CAbout 15%
4. DAbout 80%

H.M. practised mirror drawing over several days. His performance improved steadily, yet each day he said he had never done the task before. What does this show?

1. AH.M. was only pretending not to remember the sessions
2. BSkills can be learned without remembering the practice
3. CMirror drawing depends mainly on the hippocampus
4. DHis improvement came from rehearsal in short-term memory