Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. AGambler's fallacy
  2. BEndowment effect
  3. CSunk cost fallacy
  4. DHindsight bias
2.Easy

Functional fixedness is the tendency to:

  1. ASolve every problem with the same algorithm
  2. BRemember objects better than words
  3. CSee an object only in terms of its usual use
  4. DForget the purpose of an object after a delay
3.Easy

The tendency to search for information that supports what we already believe is called:

  1. AHindsight bias
  2. BConfirmation bias
  3. CAnchoring
  4. DFundamental attribution error
4.Medium

"All mammals breathe air. Whales are mammals. Therefore whales breathe air." This is an example of:

  1. AThe availability heuristic
  2. BInductive reasoning
  3. CAnalogical reasoning
  4. DDeductive reasoning
5.Medium

In dual-process theory, which task most clearly requires System 2 thinking?

  1. ANoticing that a sound is loud
  2. BWorking out 17 × 24 in your head
  3. CReading a large familiar word on a road sign
  4. DRecognising a friend's face
6.Medium

After studying the words "bed, rest, tired, dream, snooze", many people falsely recall "sleep". This paradigm demonstrates:

  1. ANear-perfect recall of meaningful, related word lists
  2. BThe word length effect in verbal memory
  3. CRapid decay of items in iconic memory
  4. DFalse memories produced by related associations
7.Hard

Gick and Holyoak gave participants a story about an army attacking a fortress from many sides, then Duncker's radiation problem. What did they find?

  1. AAlmost everyone used the analogy without needing any hint
  2. BThe story made the radiation problem harder to solve
  3. CNobody could solve the radiation problem, even with a hint
  4. DFew used the analogy until told the story might help
8.Hard

When a video shows a face saying "ga" while the audio says "ba", many people hear "da". This shows that:

  1. AVision is ignored when we listen to speech
  2. BPeople cannot tell similar speech sounds apart
  3. CHearing always overrides vision when they conflict
  4. DSpeech perception combines what we see and hear

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Gambler's fallacy
  2. 2. C · See an object only in terms of its usual use
  3. 3. B · Confirmation bias
  4. 4. D · Deductive reasoning
  5. 5. B · Working out 17 × 24 in your head
  6. 6. D · False memories produced by related associations
  7. 7. D · Few used the analogy until told the story might help
  8. 8. D · Speech perception combines what we see and hear

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