Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Knowing that you understand a topic well enough to stop studying is an example of:

1. AHabituation
2. BProactive interference
3. CMetacognition
4. DPriming

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

1. AThe periphery
2. BThe blind spot
3. CThe optic chiasm
4. DThe fovea

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

1. ARelearning
2. BFree recall
3. CSerial recall
4. DRecognition

In Collins and Quillian's hierarchical network model, why does "A canary is an animal" take longer to verify than "A canary is a bird"?

1. AMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
2. BCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"
3. CThe sentence contains more letters to read
4. D"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

1. ALinear perspective
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CShape constancy
4. DSize constancy

After studying the words "bed, rest, tired, dream, snooze", many people falsely recall "sleep". This paradigm demonstrates:

1. AThe word length effect in verbal memory
2. BNear-perfect recall of meaningful, related word lists
3. CFalse memories produced by related associations
4. DRapid decay of items in iconic memory

In rapid serial visual presentation, people often miss a second target that appears about 200–500 ms after the first. This is called:

1. AInhibition of return
2. BThe attentional blink
3. CIconic decay
4. DChange blindness

In Posner's cueing task, responses are faster after a valid cue and slower after an invalid cue, even when the eyes do not move. This shows that:

1. APeripheral vision cannot detect targets without eye movement
2. BAttention always follows the direction of gaze
3. CAttention can shift to a location without moving the eyes
4. DCues have no real effect on how fast targets are processed