Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word is a:

  1. AMorpheme
  2. BSyllable
  3. CPhoneme
  4. DGrapheme
2.Easy

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

  1. AIconic memory
  2. BFlashbulb memory
  3. CScreen memory
  4. DProcedural memory
3.Easy

Which method records the brain's electrical activity through electrodes on the scalp and has excellent temporal resolution?

  1. AEEG
  2. BPET
  3. CfMRI
  4. DCT
4.Medium

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

  1. ACannot be inspected once formed
  2. BAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene
  3. CPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
  4. DAre processed in the phonological loop
5.Medium

A patient can no longer form new long-term memories after brain surgery but remembers events from before the operation. This is called:

  1. ADissociative amnesia
  2. BInfantile amnesia
  3. CAnterograde amnesia
  4. DRetrograde amnesia
6.Medium

Lists of similar-sounding letters (B, G, V, T) are harder to recall immediately than dissimilar letters (F, K, Y, W). This suggests short-term memory:

  1. AStores letters mainly as visual images of their shapes
  2. BMainly codes verbal information acoustically
  3. CMainly codes information by meaning
  4. DHas unlimited capacity for letters
7.Hard

Gick and Holyoak gave participants a story about an army attacking a fortress from many sides, then Duncker's radiation problem. What did they find?

  1. AFew used the analogy until told the story might help
  2. BThe story made the radiation problem harder to solve
  3. CNobody could solve the radiation problem, even with a hint
  4. DAlmost everyone used the analogy without needing any hint
8.Hard

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

  1. AHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
  2. BLose all memories after a mild headache
  3. CShow the same recall for all list positions
  4. DRemember everything equally well

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Phoneme
  2. 2. B · Flashbulb memory
  3. 3. A · EEG
  4. 4. C · Preserve spatial relationships of the real scene
  5. 5. C · Anterograde amnesia
  6. 6. B · Mainly codes verbal information acoustically
  7. 7. A · Few used the analogy until told the story might help
  8. 8. A · Have impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern

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