Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. APhoneme
2. BMorpheme
3. CPhrase
4. DLexicon

Which memory store holds visual information for a fraction of a second?

1. AEchoic memory
2. BWorking memory
3. CLong-term memory
4. DIconic memory

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

1. AIconic memory
2. BEpisodic memory
3. CSemantic memory
4. DProcedural memory

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

1. AIncreases with the angle between the two shapes
2. BIs the same whatever the angle of rotation is
3. CDecreases as the angle between them gets larger
4. DDepends mainly on how complex the shapes are

Students given a coffee mug ask for a much higher price to sell it than other students will pay to buy it. This is the:

1. AAnchoring effect
2. BEndowment effect
3. CGambler's fallacy
4. DSunk cost fallacy

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. AEncoding failure
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CAnterograde amnesia
4. DProactive interference

Chase and Simon showed chess positions briefly to experts and novices. Experts recalled real game positions much better, but not random positions. This suggests expertise relies on:

1. APhotographic iconic memory
2. BBetter eyesight
3. CChunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory
4. DA larger short-term memory capacity in general

Change blindness experiments show that people often:

1. ANotice every small change in their visual field
2. BAre better at spotting changes in faces than in objects in all cases
3. CFail to notice large changes in a scene when the change happens during a brief interruption
4. DSee changes only in colour, not in shape