Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

1. AEpisodic memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CSemantic memory
4. DProcedural memory

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

1. AThe optic chiasm
2. BThe fovea
3. CThe blind spot
4. DThe periphery

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

1. ARecognition
2. BRelearning
3. CSerial recall
4. DFree recall

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

1. AFeature integration theory
2. BThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
3. CPrototype theory and graded category membership
4. DThe multi-store model of memory

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. ABlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
2. BPrevents the eyes from reading the words
3. CErases information already in long-term memory
4. DOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad

According to the levels-of-processing approach, which task leads to the best recall of words?

1. ACounting the letters in each word
2. BDeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"
3. CDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
4. DDeciding whether each word is in capital letters

According to Lavie's load theory of attention, an irrelevant distractor is most likely to be processed when:

1. AThe participant is told to ignore it
2. BThe main task has high perceptual load
3. CThe distractor is presented to the blind spot
4. DThe main task has low perceptual load

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 only
2. BE and 4
3. CE and 7
4. DE, 4 and 7