Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AWorking memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CLong-term memory
4. DEchoic memory

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. AExplicit memory
2. BMotor memory
3. CImplicit memory
4. DSensory memory

Repeating a phone number over and over to keep it in mind is called:

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BConsolidation
3. CElaborative rehearsal
4. DChunking

The availability heuristic means people judge how likely an event is by:

1. AHow similar it is to a typical case
2. BHow easily examples come to mind
3. CThe first number they hear
4. DIts actual statistical frequency

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. AThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
2. BPrototype theory and graded category membership
3. CFeature integration theory
4. DThe multi-store model of memory

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. AEncoding failure
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CProactive interference
4. DAnterograde amnesia

Morris, Bransford and Franks found that words processed for rhyme were better recognised in a rhyming test than words processed for meaning. This challenges levels of processing because:

1. ARhyming words are stored in iconic memory
2. BMemory depends on the match between encoding and test, not only on depth
3. CMeaning cannot be processed during learning
4. DShallow processing is always better than deep processing

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. BEpisodic memory is needed to perform any skill
3. CAll long-term memory depends on a single system
4. DProcedural memory can survive severe loss of episodic memory