Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

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

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. AEchoic memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CWorking memory
4. DLong-term memory

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

1. ADesigning a pleasant garden
2. BCompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle
3. CSolving an anagram
4. DFinding the sum of two numbers

In the Brown–Peterson task, participants count backwards by threes after seeing a trigram such as "KTR". The main finding was that:

1. AOnly the first letter of each trigram tended to be forgotten
2. BRecall fell sharply within about 18 seconds without rehearsal
3. CRecall stayed almost perfect even after 18 seconds of counting
4. DCounting backwards made the trigrams easier to remember

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

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

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

1. ABoth effects became larger
2. BThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
3. CThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
4. DRecall became equal at all positions except the middle

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

1. AShow the same recall for all list positions
2. BHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
3. CRemember everything equally well
4. DLose all memories after a mild headache