Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AIconic memory
2. BLong-term memory
3. CWorking memory
4. DEchoic memory

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

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

Continuing to invest in a failing project because of the money already spent is called the:

1. AAvailability heuristic
2. BGambler's fallacy
3. CSunk cost fallacy
4. DFraming effect

Baddeley added the episodic buffer to the working memory model to explain how working memory:

1. ADirects attention and switches between tasks
2. BStores visual information for a fraction of a second
3. CBinds information from different sources and from long-term memory
4. DRehearses speech sounds silently with an inner voice

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

1. AThe spacing effect
2. BThe serial position effect
3. CFlashbulb memory
4. DState-dependent memory

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

1. AFinding the sum of two numbers
2. BSolving an anagram
3. CDesigning a pleasant garden
4. DCompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMaximising
2. BMeans–end analysis
3. CSatisficing
4. DAnchoring

A patient with damage to primary visual cortex says he sees nothing in part of his visual field, yet points to objects there well above chance. This is called:

1. ABlindsight
2. BProsopagnosia
3. CChange blindness
4. DInattentional blindness