Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

1. AHeuristic
2. BScript
3. CPrototype
4. DPhoneme

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

1. AThe fovea
2. BThe blind spot
3. CThe periphery
4. DThe optic chiasm

Functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity indirectly by detecting:

1. AChanges in blood oxygenation
2. BMagnetic pulses applied to the skull
3. CElectrical activity at the scalp
4. DThe structure of white matter only

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AAsking leading questions to speed things up
2. BMentally reinstating the context of the event
3. CShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
4. DAsking only yes-or-no questions

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

1. ASemantic priming
2. BPhonemic restoration
3. CLinguistic relativity
4. DUniversal grammar

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

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

In Sperling's experiments, participants saw a 3 × 4 grid of letters briefly. When a tone signalled which row to report immediately afterwards, they could report most letters of that row. What did this show?

1. AIconic memory holds only about four letters, however they are tested
2. BMost of the display is briefly held but fades before it can all be reported
3. CHearing a warning tone improves visual perception of nearby letters in general
4. DBriefly seen letters are transferred into long-term memory at once

Clive Wearing developed severe amnesia after a brain infection and cannot remember events from moment to moment, yet he can still play the piano and conduct music. This shows that:

1. AMusical skills are stored in short-term memory
2. BAll long-term memory depends on a single system
3. CEpisodic memory is needed to perform any skill
4. DProcedural memory can survive severe loss of episodic memory