Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

In cognitive psychology, a schema is:

1. AAn organised framework of knowledge about something
2. BA visual illusion caused by misleading depth cues in a scene
3. CA sudden loss of memory after brain injury
4. DA single item held in short-term memory

A vivid, detailed memory of where you were when you heard shocking news is called a:

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BProcedural memory
3. CScreen memory
4. DIconic memory

Forgetting because new information interferes with remembering old information is called:

1. ADecay
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CRepression
4. DProactive interference

In Collins and Quillian's hierarchical network model, why does "A canary is an animal" take longer to verify than "A canary is a bird"?

1. AThe sentence contains more letters to read
2. B"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
3. CCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"
4. DMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"

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

1. AThe spacing effect
2. BState-dependent memory
3. CFlashbulb memory
4. DThe serial position effect

In dual-process theory, which task most clearly requires System 2 thinking?

1. AReading a large familiar word on a road sign
2. BRecognising a friend's face
3. CNoticing that a sound is loud
4. DWorking out 17 × 24 in your head

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMeans–end analysis
2. BMaximising
3. CSatisficing
4. DAnchoring

Patient D.F. could not report the orientation of a slot but could accurately post a card through it. Milner and Goodale used this to support the idea of:

1. AA single visual system used for every visual task
2. BFeature binding through focused spatial attention
3. CSeparate visual streams for perception and action
4. DEarly selection of attention before perception