Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

1. ADivided attention
2. BIconic memory
3. CSustained attention
4. DSelective attention

Linking new information to things you already know, so it becomes meaningful, is called:

1. ARote repetition
2. BElaborative rehearsal
3. CDecay
4. DMaintenance rehearsal

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

1. AOnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
2. BIntrospection about raw sensations only
3. CUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives
4. DInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

1. AThe meaning of the words
2. BA switch from a male to a female voice
3. CWords repeated several times
4. DA switch from English to German in the same voice

Inattentional blindness is shown by the study in which participants failed to notice:

1. AA person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
2. BA word flashed below the threshold of awareness
3. CA tone played in one ear
4. DA change in the colour of a single letter

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

1. ASelf-serving bias
2. BBelief bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DAnchoring

A patient with damage to primary visual cortex says he sees nothing in part of his visual field, yet points to objects there well above chance. This is called:

1. AProsopagnosia
2. BInattentional blindness
3. CBlindsight
4. DChange blindness

In prospect theory, losses typically feel:

1. AWeaker than gains of the same size
2. BStrong only when they are certain
3. CExactly as strong as gains of the same size, on average
4. DAbout twice as strong as gains of the same size