Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AMetacognition
2. BHabituation
3. CProactive interference
4. DPriming

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

1. ADecay
2. BProactive interference
3. CRepression
4. DRetroactive interference

Which memory store holds visual information for a fraction of a second?

1. AWorking memory
2. BEchoic memory
3. CIconic memory
4. DLong-term memory

According to the levels-of-processing approach, which task leads to the best recall of words?

1. ACounting the letters in each word
2. BDeciding whether each word is in capital letters
3. CDeciding whether each word fits into a sentence
4. DDeciding whether each word rhymes with "cat"

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

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

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

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

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

Which finding supports a reconstructive view of memory (Bartlett)?

1. APeople retelling an unfamiliar story change it to fit their own culture
2. BPeople can recall long lists of digits perfectly
3. CMemories of emotional events never change
4. DShort-term memory holds about seven items