Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

1. AFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
2. BRecognising a face you have seen before
3. CSolving an arithmetic problem
4. DRemembering a phone number for a few seconds

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

1. AHabituation
2. BMetacognition
3. CPriming
4. DProactive interference

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

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

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

1. AIncubation
2. BTrial and error
3. CMeans–end analysis
4. DInsight

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AAsking only yes-or-no questions
2. BMentally reinstating the context of the event
3. CAsking leading questions to speed things up
4. DShowing the witness photos of a single suspect

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. BAnterograde amnesia
3. CDissociative amnesia
4. DRetrograde amnesia

In Sperling's experiments, participants saw a 3 × 4 grid of letters briefly. When a tone signalled which row to report immediately afterwards, they could report most letters of that row. What did this show?

1. ABriefly seen letters are transferred into long-term memory at once
2. BIconic memory holds only about four letters, however they are tested
3. CHearing a warning tone improves visual perception of nearby letters in general
4. DMost of the display is briefly held but fades before it can all be reported

When older adults recall autobiographical memories, they recall a disproportionately large number from roughly ages 10 to 30. This is called:

1. AInfantile amnesia
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CThe reminiscence bump
4. DThe recency effect