Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Functional fixedness is the tendency to:

1. ARemember objects better than words
2. BForget the purpose of an object after a delay
3. CSee an object only in terms of its usual use
4. DSolve every problem with the same algorithm

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

1. APET
2. BCT
3. CfMRI
4. DEEG

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

1. AFree recall
2. BRecognition
3. CRelearning
4. DSerial recall

"All mammals breathe air. Whales are mammals. Therefore whales breathe air." This is an example of:

1. AThe availability heuristic
2. BAnalogical reasoning
3. CInductive reasoning
4. DDeductive reasoning

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

1. AEncoding failure
2. BProactive interference
3. CAnterograde amnesia
4. DRetroactive interference

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

1. ABelief bias
2. BAnchoring
3. CHindsight bias
4. DSelf-serving bias

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. AHis improvement came from rehearsal in short-term memory
2. BMirror drawing depends mainly on the hippocampus
3. CSkills can be learned without remembering the practice
4. DH.M. was only pretending not to remember the sessions

Moray found that people often noticed their own name in the unattended ear during shadowing. Why was this a problem for Broadbent's filter model?

1. AIt shows some unattended input is analysed for meaning
2. BIt proves that both ears are always attended to equally
3. CIt shows names are stored in iconic memory
4. DIt shows that people cannot shadow at all