Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. AMotor memory
2. BSensory memory
3. CExplicit memory
4. DImplicit memory

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. APhoneme
2. BMorpheme
3. CLexicon
4. DPhrase

In cognitive psychology, a schema is:

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

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

1. ALinguistic relativity
2. BSemantic priming
3. CUniversal grammar
4. DPhonemic restoration

Encoding specificity means that recall is best when:

1. AThe material is learned in a noisy room
2. BInformation is learned in one long session
3. CLearning happens just before sleep only
4. DThe context at retrieval matches the context at learning

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. ARetinal disparity
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CSize constancy
4. DThe law of closure

The Stroop effect shows that:

1. APeople can name colours faster than they can read words
2. BReading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour
3. CColour perception depends only on the eyes
4. DAttention can be divided without any cost

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

1. AMaximising
2. BAnchoring
3. CMeans–end analysis
4. DSatisficing