Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Generating many different possible uses for a brick is an example of:

1. ADivergent thinking
2. BConvergent thinking
3. CDeductive reasoning
4. DFunctional fixedness

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

1. ALong-term memory
2. BEchoic memory
3. CWorking memory
4. DIconic memory

Believing that after five tails in a row a fair coin is "due" to land heads is the:

1. ASunk cost fallacy
2. BEndowment effect
3. CGambler's fallacy
4. DHindsight bias

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

1. AExpectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input
2. BPerception happens without any involvement of memory
3. COnly the lower parts of the visual field are processed
4. DPerception is built only from the raw features of the incoming stimulus

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

1. AA switch from a male to a female voice
2. BWords repeated several times
3. CThe meaning of the words
4. DA switch from English to German in the same voice

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

1. AInfantile amnesia
2. BDissociative amnesia
3. CAnterograde amnesia
4. DRetrograde amnesia

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

1. AInterference
2. BRehearsal
3. CPriming
4. DChunking

Warren replaced one speech sound in a sentence with a cough. Listeners reported hearing the sentence intact and could not locate the cough correctly. This is evidence for:

1. ATop-down influences in speech perception
2. BPurely bottom-up speech perception
3. CDamage to Broca's area
4. DEchoic memory lasting for several minutes