Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. AInterposition
2. BRetinal disparity
3. CLinear perspective
4. DTexture gradient

Continuing to invest in a failing project because of the money already spent is called the:

1. AGambler's fallacy
2. BSunk cost fallacy
3. CFraming effect
4. DAvailability heuristic

The tendency to search for information that supports what we already believe is called:

1. AAnchoring
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DFundamental attribution error

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

1. AInductive reasoning
2. BAnalogical reasoning
3. CDeductive reasoning
4. DThe availability heuristic

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. ARetroactive interference
2. BEncoding failure
3. CAnterograde amnesia
4. DProactive interference

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

1. APerception happens without any involvement of memory
2. BOnly the lower parts of the visual field are processed
3. CExpectations and knowledge shape how we interpret sensory input
4. DPerception is built only from the raw features of the incoming stimulus

In Treisman's feature integration theory, why is finding a red X among red Os and blue Xs slow?

1. ALetters cannot be searched visually
2. BCombining features (a conjunction) requires focused attention to each item
3. CRed is processed more slowly than blue
4. DSingle features cannot be detected without attention

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMeans–end analysis
2. BAnchoring
3. CMaximising
4. DSatisficing