Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A vivid, detailed memory of where you were when you heard shocking news is called a:

  1. AFlashbulb memory
  2. BIconic memory
  3. CProcedural memory
  4. DScreen memory
2.Easy

The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s shifted psychology's focus towards:

  1. AIntrospection about raw sensations only
  2. BInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
  3. COnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
  4. DUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives
3.Easy

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. CHindsight bias
  4. DGambler's fallacy
4.Medium

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

  1. ASize constancy
  2. BLinear perspective
  3. CShape constancy
  4. DFigure–ground organisation
5.Medium

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 is in capital letters
  3. CDeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"
  4. DDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
6.Medium

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

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

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. BEchoic memory lasting for several minutes
  3. CPurely bottom-up speech perception
  4. DDamage to Broca's area
8.Hard

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

  1. AThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
  2. BThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
  3. CBoth effects became larger
  4. DRecall became equal at all positions except the middle

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Flashbulb memory
  2. 2. B · Internal mental processes such as memory and thinking
  3. 3. D · Gambler's fallacy
  4. 4. A · Size constancy
  5. 5. D · Deciding whether each word fits into a sentence
  6. 6. A · Prototype theory and graded category membership
  7. 7. A · Top-down influences in speech perception
  8. 8. A · The recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained

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