Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

What is "chunking"?

1. ARepeating information aloud to remember it
2. BForgetting information in large blocks
3. CSplitting attention between two tasks
4. DGrouping information into meaningful units to remember more

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. AInterposition
2. BTexture gradient
3. CLinear perspective
4. DRetinal disparity

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

1. ASustained attention
2. BSelective attention
3. CIconic memory
4. DDivided attention

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

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. APrevents the eyes from reading the words
2. BBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
3. CErases information already in long-term memory
4. DOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

1. ALose all memories after a mild headache
2. BRemember everything equally well
3. CShow the same recall for all list positions
4. DHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern

Countries where people are organ donors unless they opt out have far higher donor rates than countries where people must opt in. This is best explained by:

1. AThe sunk cost fallacy
2. BThe availability heuristic
3. CThe default effect and status quo bias
4. DBelief bias in moral reasoning about donation