Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

1. ATrial-and-error learning
2. BMental set
3. CInsight
4. DFunctional fixedness

Trying to perform two tasks at the same time, such as texting while listening to a lecture, involves:

1. ADivided attention
2. BSelective attention
3. CIconic memory
4. DSustained attention

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ATexture gradient
2. BRetinal disparity
3. CLinear perspective
4. DInterposition

In Cherry's dichotic listening studies, participants shadowing one ear usually noticed which change in the unattended ear?

1. AA switch from English to German in the same voice
2. BThe meaning of the words
3. CA switch from a male to a female voice
4. DWords repeated several times

In dual-process theory, which task most clearly requires System 2 thinking?

1. ARecognising a friend's face
2. BWorking out 17 × 24 in your head
3. CNoticing that a sound is loud
4. DReading a large familiar word on a road sign

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

1. AFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten
2. BBlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
3. CProcessed at the same level as the attended message
4. DWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names

Morris, Bransford and Franks found that words processed for rhyme were better recognised in a rhyming test than words processed for meaning. This challenges levels of processing because:

1. AMemory depends on the match between encoding and test, not only on depth
2. BMeaning cannot be processed during learning
3. CShallow processing is always better than deep processing
4. DRhyming words are stored in iconic memory

The "tip-of-the-tongue" state is evidence that:

1. AInformation can be stored but temporarily not retrievable
2. BMemories decay within seconds
3. CThe information was never encoded
4. DLanguage is stored only in short-term memory