Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AScreen memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CProcedural memory
4. DIconic memory

In categorisation research, a prototype is:

1. AA rare and unusual member of a category
2. BA strict list of features every member must have
3. CThe most typical member or average example of a category
4. DThe first example of a category that a child learns in early life

Knowing the usual order of events when eating at a restaurant (being seated, ordering, eating, paying) is called a:

1. AHeuristic
2. BPrototype
3. CPhoneme
4. DScript

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

1. ARetroactive interference
2. BAnterograde amnesia
3. CEncoding failure
4. DProactive interference

Which feature is typical of an automatic process, such as reading a familiar word?

1. AIt is easily disrupted by a second task
2. BIt is fast and hard to stop once started
3. CIt can only be done slowly, one step at a time
4. DIt needs a lot of conscious effort

Which working memory component is most heavily used when you switch between two tasks and decide what to focus on?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CIconic memory
4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad

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

1. AInterference
2. BChunking
3. CRehearsal
4. DPriming

Patient D.F. could not report the orientation of a slot but could accurately post a card through it. Milner and Goodale used this to support the idea of:

1. AA single visual system used for every visual task
2. BSeparate visual streams for perception and action
3. CFeature binding through focused spatial attention
4. DEarly selection of attention before perception