Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Forgetting because new information interferes with remembering old information is called:

1. ARepression
2. BProactive interference
3. CRetroactive interference
4. DDecay

Which type of memory stores facts such as "Paris is the capital of France"?

1. AProcedural memory
2. BSemantic memory
3. CEpisodic memory
4. DSensory memory

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word is a:

1. ASyllable
2. BGrapheme
3. CMorpheme
4. DPhoneme

Anchoring bias occurs when:

1. APeople prefer options presented as gains
2. BPeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along
3. CAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate
4. DPeople remember only the end of an experience

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

1. ALinguistic relativity
2. BSemantic priming
3. CPhonemic restoration
4. DUniversal grammar

Which feature is typical of an automatic process, such as reading a familiar word?

1. AIt is fast and hard to stop once started
2. BIt is easily disrupted by a second task
3. CIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
4. DIt needs a lot of conscious effort

In Posner's cueing task, responses are faster after a valid cue and slower after an invalid cue, even when the eyes do not move. This shows that:

1. ACues have no real effect on how fast targets are processed
2. BAttention always follows the direction of gaze
3. CPeripheral vision cannot detect targets without eye movement
4. DAttention can shift to a location without moving the eyes

The framing effect is demonstrated when people:

1. ARecall information better in the same room
2. BIgnore all numerical information
3. CChoose differently between identical options described as gains or as losses
4. DRemember the frame of a picture better than its content