Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Repeating a phone number over and over to keep it in mind is called:

1. AConsolidation
2. BMaintenance rehearsal
3. CElaborative rehearsal
4. DChunking

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

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

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. APrototype theory and graded category membership
2. BFeature integration theory
3. CThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
4. DThe multi-store model of memory

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

1. AThe testing effect
2. BThe spacing effect
3. CProactive interference
4. DEncoding specificity

The availability heuristic means people judge how likely an event is by:

1. AThe first number they hear
2. BHow easily examples come to mind
3. CIts actual statistical frequency
4. DHow similar it is to a typical case

Which concept describes better recall when study sessions are spread out over time rather than crammed?

1. AThe testing effect
2. BThe von Restorff effect
3. CThe spacing effect
4. DThe generation effect

The framing effect is demonstrated when people:

1. ARemember the frame of a picture better than its content
2. BChoose differently between identical options described as gains or as losses
3. CRecall information better in the same room
4. DIgnore all numerical information