Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. ASensory memory
2. BMotor memory
3. CImplicit memory
4. DExplicit memory

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

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

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

1. AEEG
2. BCT
3. CfMRI
4. DPET

People recall more words from a list of short words (e.g. "cat, sun") than from a list of long words. The usual explanation is that:

1. ALong words cause retroactive interference with earlier items
2. BLong words are processed more deeply and so crowd each other out
3. CShort words are held in iconic memory as well as acoustically
4. DShort words take less time to rehearse in the phonological loop

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

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

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. AProactive interference
2. BThe testing effect
3. CEncoding specificity
4. DThe spacing effect

Linda is described as outspoken and concerned with social justice. Many people judge "Linda is a bank teller and a feminist" more likely than "Linda is a bank teller". What is the error?

1. ACorrect base-rate use: feminists are common among bank tellers
2. BThe conjunction fallacy: A and B cannot be likelier than A
3. CThe gambler's fallacy: past events change the future odds
4. DAnchoring: the first description fixes the later estimate

In Sperling's experiments, participants saw a 3 × 4 grid of letters briefly. When a tone signalled which row to report immediately afterwards, they could report most letters of that row. What did this show?

1. ABriefly seen letters are transferred into long-term memory at once
2. BHearing a warning tone improves visual perception of nearby letters in general
3. CMost of the display is briefly held but fades before it can all be reported
4. DIconic memory holds only about four letters, however they are tested