Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. A7 ± 2
2. B12 ± 3
3. C3 ± 1
4. D20 ± 5

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

1. AChunking
2. BElaborative rehearsal
3. CMaintenance rehearsal
4. DConsolidation

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

Encoding specificity means that recall is best when:

1. AInformation is learned in one long session
2. BThe material is learned in a noisy room
3. CThe context at retrieval matches the context at learning
4. DLearning happens just before sleep only

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 easily disrupted by a second task
3. CIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
4. DIt is fast and hard to stop once started

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

1. ALinguistic relativity
2. BSemantic priming
3. CUniversal grammar
4. DPhonemic restoration

Chase and Simon showed chess positions briefly to experts and novices. Experts recalled real game positions much better, but not random positions. This suggests expertise relies on:

1. ABetter eyesight
2. BChunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory
3. CPhotographic iconic memory
4. DA larger short-term memory capacity in general

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

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