Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ASelective attention
2. BSustained attention
3. CIconic memory
4. DDivided attention

The Gestalt principle of proximity states that we tend to group together elements that are:

1. AMoving in the same direction
2. BForming a closed shape
3. CSimilar in colour
4. DClose to each other

Linking new information to things you already know, so it becomes meaningful, is called:

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BDecay
3. CElaborative rehearsal
4. DRote repetition

The availability heuristic means people judge how likely an event is by:

1. AThe first number they hear
2. BHow easily examples come to mind
3. CIts actual statistical frequency
4. DHow similar it is to a typical case

A student who studied while drinking coffee recalls more when tested after drinking coffee. This illustrates:

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BThe spacing effect
3. CThe serial position effect
4. DState-dependent memory

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

1. ABlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
2. BPrevents the eyes from reading the words
3. CErases information already in long-term memory
4. DOverloads the 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. APurely bottom-up speech perception
2. BDamage to Broca's area
3. CEchoic memory lasting for several minutes
4. DTop-down influences in speech perception

In rapid serial visual presentation, people often miss a second target that appears about 200–500 ms after the first. This is called:

1. AIconic decay
2. BChange blindness
3. CThe attentional blink
4. DInhibition of return