Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BElaborative rehearsal
3. CChunking
4. DConsolidation

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

1. AFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
2. BRecognising a face you have seen before
3. CSolving an arithmetic problem
4. DRemembering a phone number for a few seconds

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

1. AExplicit memory
2. BSensory memory
3. CMotor memory
4. DImplicit memory

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. BThe testing effect
3. CEncoding specificity
4. DProactive interference

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. AOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
2. BErases information already in long-term memory
3. CPrevents the eyes from reading the words
4. DBlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. ASize constancy
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DThe law of closure

According to Lavie's load theory of attention, an irrelevant distractor is most likely to be processed when:

1. AThe main task has high perceptual load
2. BThe main task has low perceptual load
3. CThe distractor is presented to the blind spot
4. DThe participant is told to ignore it

A patient with damage to primary visual cortex says he sees nothing in part of his visual field, yet points to objects there well above chance. This is called:

1. AChange blindness
2. BInattentional blindness
3. CBlindsight
4. DProsopagnosia