Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

1. AProcedural memory
2. BEpisodic memory
3. CIconic memory
4. DSemantic memory

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

1. APhoneme
2. BSyllable
3. CGrapheme
4. DMorpheme

The feeling after an event that "I knew it all along" is called:

1. AOverconfidence
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CAnchoring
4. DHindsight bias

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

1. ACannot be inspected once formed
2. BAre processed in the phonological loop
3. CPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
4. DAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene

According to the levels-of-processing approach, which task leads to the best recall of words?

1. ACounting the letters in each word
2. BDeciding whether each word is in capital letters
3. CDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
4. DDeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

1. AShape constancy
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CSize constancy
4. DLinear perspective

When older adults recall autobiographical memories, they recall a disproportionately large number from roughly ages 10 to 30. This is called:

1. AInfantile amnesia
2. BThe reminiscence bump
3. CFlashbulb memory
4. DThe recency effect

In Luchins' water jar problems, after solving several problems with the formula B − A − 2C, many participants kept using it even when a simpler solution (A − C) worked. This shows:

1. AProactive interference in short-term memory
2. BA mental set (Einstellung) that hides simpler solutions
3. CFunctional fixedness about what the jars can be used for
4. DSudden insight into the structure of the problem