Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. ASensory memory
2. BImplicit memory
3. CMotor memory
4. DExplicit memory

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

1. ADivided attention
2. BSustained attention
3. CSelective attention
4. DIconic memory

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

1. ARetroactive interference
2. BRepression
3. CProactive interference
4. DDecay

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

1. AMemory for faces is more reliable than memory for events
2. BEyewitnesses are always accurate about speed
3. CStress improves the accuracy of recall
4. DThe wording of a question can change eyewitness memory

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
2. BAsking leading questions to speed things up
3. CAsking only yes-or-no questions
4. DMentally reinstating the context of the event

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 stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene
2. BAre processed in the phonological loop
3. CPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
4. DCannot be inspected once formed

Which concept describes better recall when study sessions are spread out over time rather than crammed?

1. AThe generation effect
2. BThe testing effect
3. CThe von Restorff effect
4. DThe spacing effect

Participants held a hand in painfully cold water for 60 seconds in one trial, and in another for 60 seconds plus 30 more seconds at a slightly warmer temperature. Most chose to repeat the longer trial. Why?

1. AThey were confused about which trial was which
2. BMemory of pain followed the peak and the end, not duration
3. CThey wanted to please the researchers by choosing more
4. DLonger experiences are always remembered as more pleasant ones