Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AFunctional fixedness
2. BConvergent thinking
3. CDivergent thinking
4. DDeductive reasoning

Functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity indirectly by detecting:

1. AMagnetic pulses applied to the skull
2. BChanges in blood oxygenation
3. CElectrical activity at the scalp
4. DThe structure of white matter only

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

1. AProactive interference
2. BHabituation
3. CMetacognition
4. DPriming

People recall more words from a list of short words (e.g. "cat, sun") than from a list of long words. The usual explanation is that:

1. ALong words cause retroactive interference with earlier items
2. BShort words take less time to rehearse in the phonological loop
3. CLong words are processed more deeply and so crowd each other out
4. DShort words are held in iconic memory as well as acoustically

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

1. AWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names
2. BBlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
3. CProcessed at the same level as the attended message
4. DFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. APrevents the eyes from reading the words
2. BErases information already in long-term memory
3. COverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
4. DBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop

Participants practise retrieving some items from a studied category (e.g. "fruit – orange"). Later, unpractised items from the same category (e.g. "fruit – banana") are recalled worse than items from unpractised categories. This is:

1. ADecay over time
2. BRetrieval-induced forgetting
3. CThe testing effect
4. DRetroactive interference from a new list

In rapid serial visual presentation, people often miss a second target that appears about 200–500 ms after the first. This is called:

1. AInhibition of return
2. BThe attentional blink
3. CIconic decay
4. DChange blindness