Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The Gestalt principle of proximity states that we tend to group together elements that are:

1. AMoving in the same direction
2. BForming a closed shape
3. CSimilar in colour
4. DClose to each other

Which memory store holds visual information for a fraction of a second?

1. AIconic memory
2. BWorking memory
3. CEchoic memory
4. DLong-term memory

What is "chunking"?

1. AForgetting information in large blocks
2. BSplitting attention between two tasks
3. CRepeating information aloud to remember it
4. DGrouping information into meaningful units to remember more

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

1. ALinear perspective
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CSize constancy
4. DShape constancy

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

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

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 spacing effect
2. BThe testing effect
3. CEncoding specificity
4. DProactive interference

Participants held a hand in painfully cold water for 60 seconds in one trial, and in another for 60 seconds plus 30 more seconds at a slightly warmer temperature. Most chose to repeat the longer trial. Why?

1. AThey wanted to please the researchers by choosing more
2. BMemory of pain followed the peak and the end, not duration
3. CLonger experiences are always remembered as more pleasant ones
4. DThey were confused about which trial was which

In the Wason selection task, cards show E, K, 4 and 7. The rule is "If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other". Which cards must be turned to test the rule?

1. AE and 7
2. BE, 4 and 7
3. CE only
4. DE and 4