Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

1. APriming
2. BProactive interference
3. CHabituation
4. DMetacognition

Generating many different possible uses for a brick is an example of:

1. ADivergent thinking
2. BDeductive reasoning
3. CFunctional fixedness
4. DConvergent thinking

What is "chunking"?

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

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

1. AAre processed in the phonological loop
2. BPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
3. CCannot be inspected once formed
4. DAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene

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

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

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. AOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
2. BErases information already in long-term memory
3. CPrevents the eyes from reading the words
4. DBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop

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

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

1. AShort sentences are always harder than long ones
2. BPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
3. CPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it
4. DGrammar plays no role in understanding