Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

1. AMetacognition
2. BPriming
3. CHabituation
4. DProactive interference

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word is a:

1. ASyllable
2. BPhoneme
3. CGrapheme
4. DMorpheme

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

1. AA strict list of features every member must have
2. BThe most typical member or average example of a category
3. CThe first example of a category that a child learns in early life
4. DA rare and unusual member of a category

A student who studied while drinking coffee recalls more when tested after drinking coffee. This illustrates:

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BThe serial position effect
3. CState-dependent memory
4. DThe spacing effect

The serial position effect predicts that items in a list are recalled best when they are:

1. ARandomly placed, whatever the length of the list
2. BIn the middle of the list
3. COnly at the beginning of the list
4. DAt the beginning and end of the list

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

1. ACompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle
2. BSolving an anagram
3. CFinding the sum of two numbers
4. DDesigning a pleasant garden

Linda is described as outspoken and concerned with social justice. Many people judge "Linda is a bank teller and a feminist" more likely than "Linda is a bank teller". What is the error?

1. AThe conjunction fallacy: A and B cannot be likelier than A
2. BCorrect base-rate use: feminists are common among bank tellers
3. CThe gambler's fallacy: past events change the future odds
4. DAnchoring: the first description fixes the later estimate

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