Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Repeating a phone number over and over to keep it in mind is called:

1. AChunking
2. BConsolidation
3. CMaintenance rehearsal
4. DElaborative rehearsal

Continuing to invest in a failing project because of the money already spent is called the:

1. ASunk cost fallacy
2. BGambler's fallacy
3. CFraming effect
4. DAvailability heuristic

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

1. ARecognition
2. BFree recall
3. CRelearning
4. DSerial recall

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. AThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
2. BFeature integration theory
3. CThe multi-store model of memory
4. DPrototype theory and graded category membership

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
2. BMentally reinstating the context of the event
3. CAsking only yes-or-no questions
4. DAsking leading questions to speed things up

Anchoring bias occurs when:

1. APeople prefer options presented as gains
2. BPeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along
3. CPeople remember only the end of an experience
4. DAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate

When older adults recall autobiographical memories, they recall a disproportionately large number from roughly ages 10 to 30. This is called:

1. AThe reminiscence bump
2. BThe recency effect
3. CFlashbulb memory
4. DInfantile amnesia

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