Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Riding a bicycle without thinking about it relies mainly on:

1. ASemantic memory
2. BIconic memory
3. CEpisodic memory
4. DProcedural memory

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

1. AIconic memory
2. BProcedural memory
3. CScreen memory
4. DFlashbulb memory

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. AInterposition
2. BLinear perspective
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DTexture gradient

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. APrototype theory and graded category membership
2. BThe multi-store model of memory
3. CThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
4. DFeature integration theory

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

1. AEncoding specificity
2. BProactive interference
3. CThe testing effect
4. DThe spacing effect

The serial position effect predicts that items in a list are recalled best when they are:

1. AAt the beginning and end of the list
2. BIn the middle of the list
3. CRandomly placed, whatever the length of the list
4. DOnly at the beginning of the list

Participants practise retrieving some items from a studied category (e.g. "fruit – orange"). Later, unpractised items from the same category (e.g. "fruit – banana") are recalled worse than items from unpractised categories. This is:

1. ARetroactive interference from a new list
2. BDecay over time
3. CThe testing effect
4. DRetrieval-induced forgetting

The framing effect is demonstrated when people:

1. AChoose differently between identical options described as gains or as losses
2. BIgnore all numerical information
3. CRemember the frame of a picture better than its content
4. DRecall information better in the same room