Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Forgetting because new information interferes with remembering old information is called:

1. ADecay
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CRepression
4. DProactive interference

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

1. ARecognition
2. BRelearning
3. CFree recall
4. DSerial recall

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

1. A7 ± 2
2. B20 ± 5
3. C12 ± 3
4. D3 ± 1

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

1. AThe spacing effect
2. BEncoding specificity
3. CThe testing effect
4. DProactive interference

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. AHas unlimited capacity for letters
2. BMainly codes information by meaning
3. CStores letters mainly as visual images of their shapes
4. DMainly codes verbal information acoustically

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

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

A patient can recognise a car, a cup and a dog but cannot recognise the faces of close family members, identifying them by voice instead. This is:

1. AProsopagnosia
2. BBlindsight
3. CWernicke's aphasia
4. DSpatial neglect

The Stroop effect shows that:

1. APeople can name colours faster than they can read words
2. BAttention can be divided without any cost
3. CColour perception depends only on the eyes
4. DReading words is so automatic that it interferes with naming the ink colour