Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

An algorithm, in the psychology of problem solving, is:

1. AA quick rule of thumb that usually works well enough
2. BA mental picture of how the problem looks
3. CA sudden flash of understanding about a problem
4. DA step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution

Who first measured the "forgetting curve" using nonsense syllables?

1. AEndel Tulving
2. BUlric Neisser
3. CHermann Ebbinghaus
4. DFrederic Bartlett

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

1. AIconic memory
2. BProcedural memory
3. CSemantic memory
4. DEpisodic memory

The idea that the language you speak influences how you think and perceive the world is known as:

1. APhonemic restoration
2. BLinguistic relativity
3. CUniversal grammar
4. DSemantic priming

In dual-process theory, which task most clearly requires System 2 thinking?

1. ARecognising a friend's face
2. BReading a large familiar word on a road sign
3. CNoticing that a sound is loud
4. DWorking out 17 × 24 in your head

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

1. ATrial and error
2. BInsight
3. CIncubation
4. DMeans–end analysis

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

1. AGrammar plays no role in understanding
2. BPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
3. CPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it
4. DShort sentences are always harder than long ones

When a video shows a face saying "ga" while the audio says "ba", many people hear "da". This shows that:

1. AHearing always overrides vision when they conflict
2. BVision is ignored when we listen to speech
3. CPeople cannot tell similar speech sounds apart
4. DSpeech perception combines what we see and hear