Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AGambler's fallacy
  2. BAvailability heuristic
  3. CSunk cost fallacy
  4. DFraming effect
2.Easy

What is "chunking"?

  1. ASplitting attention between two tasks
  2. BForgetting information in large blocks
  3. CGrouping information into meaningful units to remember more
  4. DRepeating information aloud to remember it
3.Easy

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

  1. AAtkinson and Shiffrin
  2. BBaddeley and Hitch
  3. CCraik and Lockhart
  4. DLoftus and Palmer
4.Medium

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. BThe multi-store model of memory
  3. CPrototype theory and graded category membership
  4. DFeature integration theory
5.Medium

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. AMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
  2. BCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"
  3. C"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
  4. DThe sentence contains more letters to read
6.Medium

In a lexical decision task, people recognise "nurse" as a word faster after seeing "doctor" than after seeing "bread". This is best explained by:

  1. ASpreading activation in a semantic network
  2. BThe phonological similarity effect
  3. CRetroactive interference
  4. DIconic memory decay
7.Hard

In the Wason selection task, cards show E, K, 4 and 7. The rule is "If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other". Which cards must be turned to test the rule?

  1. AE and 4
  2. BE and 7
  3. CE only
  4. DE, 4 and 7
8.Hard

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. AEchoic memory lasting for several minutes
  2. BPurely bottom-up speech perception
  3. CTop-down influences in speech perception
  4. DDamage to Broca's area

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Sunk cost fallacy
  2. 2. C · Grouping information into meaningful units to remember more
  3. 3. A · Atkinson and Shiffrin
  4. 4. C · Prototype theory and graded category membership
  5. 5. A · More levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
  6. 6. A · Spreading activation in a semantic network
  7. 7. B · E and 7
  8. 8. C · Top-down influences in speech perception

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