Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

1. AMental set
2. BInsight
3. CTrial-and-error learning
4. DFunctional fixedness

Functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity indirectly by detecting:

1. AThe structure of white matter only
2. BElectrical activity at the scalp
3. CMagnetic pulses applied to the skull
4. DChanges in blood oxygenation

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

1. AScript
2. BPrototype
3. CHeuristic
4. DPhoneme

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

1. AEncoding failure
2. BProactive interference
3. CRetroactive interference
4. DAnterograde amnesia

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. BPrototype theory and graded category membership
3. CThe multi-store model of memory
4. DFeature integration theory

Lists of similar-sounding letters (B, G, V, T) are harder to recall immediately than dissimilar letters (F, K, Y, W). This suggests short-term memory:

1. AMainly codes verbal information acoustically
2. BHas unlimited capacity for letters
3. CMainly codes information by meaning
4. DStores letters mainly as visual images of their shapes

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

1. ARecall became equal at all positions except the middle
2. BThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
3. CThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
4. DBoth effects became larger

Morris, Bransford and Franks found that words processed for rhyme were better recognised in a rhyming test than words processed for meaning. This challenges levels of processing because:

1. ARhyming words are stored in iconic memory
2. BMeaning cannot be processed during learning
3. CShallow processing is always better than deep processing
4. DMemory depends on the match between encoding and test, not only on depth