Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ASustained attention
2. BSelective attention
3. CIconic memory
4. DDivided attention

Who first measured the "forgetting curve" using nonsense syllables?

1. AEndel Tulving
2. BHermann Ebbinghaus
3. CFrederic Bartlett
4. DUlric Neisser

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ATexture gradient
2. BLinear perspective
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DInterposition

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. AFigure–ground organisation
2. BSize constancy
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DThe law of closure

Anchoring bias occurs when:

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

Which working memory component is most heavily used when you switch between two tasks and decide what to focus on?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CThe visuospatial sketchpad
4. DIconic memory

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

Which finding supports a reconstructive view of memory (Bartlett)?

1. APeople retelling an unfamiliar story change it to fit their own culture
2. BMemories of emotional events never change
3. CPeople can recall long lists of digits perfectly
4. DShort-term memory holds about seven items