Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AAvailability heuristic
2. BFraming effect
3. CSunk cost fallacy
4. DGambler's fallacy

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

1. ADivided attention
2. BSustained attention
3. CSelective attention
4. DIconic memory

Which memory store holds visual information for a fraction of a second?

1. AIconic memory
2. BWorking memory
3. CLong-term memory
4. DEchoic memory

Baddeley added the episodic buffer to the working memory model to explain how working memory:

1. AStores visual information for a fraction of a second
2. BRehearses speech sounds silently with an inner voice
3. CBinds information from different sources and from long-term memory
4. DDirects attention and switches between tasks

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. BMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
3. C"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
4. DCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"

A patient can no longer form new long-term memories after brain surgery but remembers events from before the operation. This is called:

1. ADissociative amnesia
2. BAnterograde amnesia
3. CRetrograde amnesia
4. DInfantile amnesia

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

1. AThe recency effect
2. BInfantile amnesia
3. CFlashbulb memory
4. DThe reminiscence bump

A participant solves anagrams faster after seeing related words briefly, without being aware of them. This is an example of:

1. ARehearsal
2. BChunking
3. CInterference
4. DPriming