Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which type of memory stores facts such as "Paris is the capital of France"?

1. AEpisodic memory
2. BSemantic memory
3. CProcedural memory
4. DSensory memory

A vivid, detailed memory of where you were when you heard shocking news is called a:

1. AScreen memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CIconic memory
4. DProcedural memory

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

1. AProcedural memory
2. BEpisodic memory
3. CSemantic memory
4. DIconic memory

Inattentional blindness is shown by the study in which participants failed to notice:

1. AA tone played in one ear
2. BA person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
3. CA word flashed below the threshold of awareness
4. DA change in the colour of a single letter

A patient can no longer form new long-term memories after brain surgery but remembers events from before the operation. This is called:

1. AInfantile amnesia
2. BAnterograde amnesia
3. CDissociative amnesia
4. DRetrograde amnesia

"All mammals breathe air. Whales are mammals. Therefore whales breathe air." This is an example of:

1. AInductive reasoning
2. BDeductive reasoning
3. CAnalogical reasoning
4. DThe availability heuristic

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

A participant solves anagrams faster after seeing related words briefly, without being aware of them. This is an example of:

1. AChunking
2. BRehearsal
3. CInterference
4. DPriming