Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. ASensory memory
2. BMotor memory
3. CExplicit memory
4. DImplicit memory

Remembering what you did at your tenth birthday party relies mainly on:

1. AEpisodic memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CSemantic memory
4. DProcedural memory

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

1. AHabituation
2. BPriming
3. CProactive interference
4. DMetacognition

After studying the words "bed, rest, tired, dream, snooze", many people falsely recall "sleep". This paradigm demonstrates:

1. AFalse memories produced by related associations
2. BNear-perfect recall of meaningful, related word lists
3. CThe word length effect in verbal memory
4. DRapid decay of items in iconic memory

Counting the windows in your house by picturing walking around it mainly uses which working memory component?

1. ALong-term procedural memory
2. BThe visuospatial sketchpad
3. CThe phonological loop
4. DThe episodic buffer

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

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

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

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

In Luchins' water jar problems, after solving several problems with the formula B − A − 2C, many participants kept using it even when a simpler solution (A − C) worked. This shows:

1. AA mental set (Einstellung) that hides simpler solutions
2. BSudden insight into the structure of the problem
3. CFunctional fixedness about what the jars can be used for
4. DProactive interference in short-term memory