Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

What is "chunking"?

1. AGrouping information into meaningful units to remember more
2. BRepeating information aloud to remember it
3. CSplitting attention between two tasks
4. DForgetting information in large blocks

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

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

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

1. APriming
2. BProactive interference
3. CMetacognition
4. DHabituation

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. BThe sentence contains more letters to read
3. C"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
4. DCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"

A student who studied while drinking coffee recalls more when tested after drinking coffee. This illustrates:

1. AState-dependent memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CThe spacing effect
4. DThe serial position effect

Students given a coffee mug ask for a much higher price to sell it than other students will pay to buy it. This is the:

1. AAnchoring effect
2. BGambler's fallacy
3. CEndowment effect
4. DSunk cost fallacy

Choosing the first flat that meets your minimum requirements, rather than comparing every flat available, is what Herbert Simon called:

1. AMaximising
2. BMeans–end analysis
3. CAnchoring
4. DSatisficing

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

1. AChange blindness
2. BIconic decay
3. CInhibition of return
4. DThe attentional blink