Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ADivergent thinking
2. BConvergent thinking
3. CFunctional fixedness
4. DDeductive reasoning

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

1. A3 ± 1
2. B7 ± 2
3. C12 ± 3
4. D20 ± 5

Who first measured the "forgetting curve" using nonsense syllables?

1. AFrederic Bartlett
2. BUlric Neisser
3. CHermann Ebbinghaus
4. DEndel Tulving

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

1. ABelief bias
2. BAnchoring
3. CHindsight bias
4. DSelf-serving bias

Lists of similar-sounding letters (B, G, V, T) are harder to recall immediately than dissimilar letters (F, K, Y, W). This suggests short-term memory:

1. AMainly codes verbal information acoustically
2. BMainly codes information by meaning
3. CHas unlimited capacity for letters
4. DStores letters mainly as visual images of their shapes

Which feature is typical of an automatic process, such as reading a familiar word?

1. AIt needs a lot of conscious effort
2. BIt is fast and hard to stop once started
3. CIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
4. DIt is easily disrupted by a second task

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

1. ARemember everything equally well
2. BShow the same recall for all list positions
3. CLose all memories after a mild headache
4. DHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern

Warren replaced one speech sound in a sentence with a cough. Listeners reported hearing the sentence intact and could not locate the cough correctly. This is evidence for:

1. ATop-down influences in speech perception
2. BDamage to Broca's area
3. CEchoic memory lasting for several minutes
4. DPurely bottom-up speech perception