Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

  1. APhoneme
  2. BGrapheme
  3. CMorpheme
  4. DSyllable
2.Easy

An algorithm, in the psychology of problem solving, is:

  1. AA sudden flash of understanding about a problem
  2. BA quick rule of thumb that usually works well enough
  3. CA mental picture of how the problem looks
  4. DA step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution
3.Easy

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

  1. APET
  2. BCT
  3. CfMRI
  4. DEEG
4.Medium

In the Brown–Peterson task, participants count backwards by threes after seeing a trigram such as "KTR". The main finding was that:

  1. ARecall stayed almost perfect even after 18 seconds of counting
  2. BCounting backwards made the trigrams easier to remember
  3. COnly the first letter of each trigram tended to be forgotten
  4. DRecall fell sharply within about 18 seconds without rehearsal
5.Medium

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

  1. AMentally reinstating the context of the event
  2. BAsking leading questions to speed things up
  3. CShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
  4. DAsking only yes-or-no questions
6.Medium

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

  1. AFlashbulb memory
  2. BState-dependent memory
  3. CThe spacing effect
  4. DThe serial position effect
7.Hard

Moray found that people often noticed their own name in the unattended ear during shadowing. Why was this a problem for Broadbent's filter model?

  1. AIt shows names are stored in iconic memory
  2. BIt shows that people cannot shadow at all
  3. CIt proves that both ears are always attended to equally
  4. DIt shows some unattended input is analysed for meaning
8.Hard

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Phoneme
  2. 2. D · A step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution
  3. 3. D · EEG
  4. 4. D · Recall fell sharply within about 18 seconds without rehearsal
  5. 5. A · Mentally reinstating the context of the event
  6. 6. B · State-dependent memory
  7. 7. D · It shows some unattended input is analysed for meaning
  8. 8. D · Speech perception combines what we see and hear

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