Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AElectrical activity at the scalp
2. BChanges in blood oxygenation
3. CThe structure of white matter only
4. DMagnetic pulses applied to the skull

About how many items can a person hold in short-term memory, according to George Miller's classic estimate?

1. A12 ± 3
2. B3 ± 1
3. C7 ± 2
4. D20 ± 5

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ATexture gradient
2. BInterposition
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DLinear perspective

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

1. AMeans–end analysis
2. BInsight
3. CTrial and error
4. DIncubation

In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, which component handles verbal and acoustic information?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe visuospatial sketchpad
3. CThe phonological loop
4. DThe episodic buffer

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

1. AEyewitnesses are always accurate about speed
2. BStress improves the accuracy of recall
3. CThe wording of a question can change eyewitness memory
4. DMemory for faces is more reliable than memory for events

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

1. AThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
2. BRecall became equal at all positions except the middle
3. CThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
4. DBoth effects became larger

The "tip-of-the-tongue" state is evidence that:

1. ALanguage is stored only in short-term memory
2. BMemories decay within seconds
3. CThe information was never encoded
4. DInformation can be stored but temporarily not retrievable