Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Forgetting because new information interferes with remembering old information is called:

1. ARepression
2. BDecay
3. CProactive interference
4. DRetroactive interference

The "cognitive revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s shifted psychology's focus towards:

1. AOnly observable behaviour and reinforcement
2. BIntrospection about raw sensations only
3. CInternal mental processes such as memory and thinking
4. DUnconscious sexual and aggressive drives

What is "chunking"?

1. ARepeating information aloud to remember it
2. BForgetting information in large blocks
3. CGrouping information into meaningful units to remember more
4. DSplitting attention between two tasks

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

1. ABelief bias
2. BSelf-serving bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DAnchoring

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

1. ASize constancy
2. BFigure–ground organisation
3. CShape constancy
4. DLinear perspective

Which statement best describes top-down processing in perception?

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

Moray found that people often noticed their own name in the unattended ear during shadowing. Why was this a problem for Broadbent's filter model?

1. AIt shows that people cannot shadow at all
2. BIt shows some unattended input is analysed for meaning
3. CIt proves that both ears are always attended to equally
4. DIt shows names are stored in iconic memory

Strayer and Johnston found that hands-free phone conversations impaired simulated driving about as much as hand-held ones. What does this suggest?

1. AHolding a phone is the only problem when driving
2. BTalking to a passenger in the car is just as distracting in every case
3. CThe main cost of phoning while driving is attentional, not manual
4. DDriving is a fully automatic task