Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s shifted psychology's focus towards:

1. AInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
2. BOnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
3. CIntrospection about raw sensations only
4. DUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives

Damage to Wernicke's area typically causes:

1. AFluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
2. BSlow, effortful speech with good comprehension
3. CLoss of the ability to recognise familiar faces
4. DLoss of the ability to read but not to write

What is a heuristic?

1. AA type of long-term memory
2. BA step-by-step procedure that always finds the right answer
3. CA mental shortcut used to make judgements quickly
4. DA disorder of perception

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

1. AWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names
2. BBlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
3. CFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten
4. DProcessed at the same level as the attended message

In Duncker's candle problem, participants must fix a candle to a wall using a box of tacks and matches. The solution is hard to find because people:

1. ASpend too long trying to melt wax with the matches
2. BAssume the tacks are too short to hold the candle
3. CDo not realise the candle has to be lit first
4. DSee the box only as a container, not as a shelf

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. AThe law of closure
2. BRetinal disparity
3. CSize constancy
4. DFigure–ground organisation

People judge that more English words begin with K than have K as the third letter, although the reverse is true. Which heuristic explains this?

1. AFraming: the question describes the words as a loss
2. BRepresentativeness: K-words look like typical English words
3. CAvailability: words are easier to retrieve by first letter
4. DAnchoring: the letter K is the first value people are given

A participant solves anagrams faster after seeing related words briefly, without being aware of them. This is an example of:

1. AInterference
2. BChunking
3. CPriming
4. DRehearsal