Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AGrapheme
2. BMorpheme
3. CSyllable
4. DPhoneme

Remembering what you did at your tenth birthday party relies mainly on:

1. AIconic memory
2. BSemantic memory
3. CEpisodic memory
4. DProcedural memory

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

1. APriming
2. BHabituation
3. CProactive interference
4. DMetacognition

Two groups study a text. One rereads it; the other takes practice quizzes on it. A week later, the quiz group remembers more. This shows:

1. AThe testing effect
2. BProactive interference
3. CEncoding specificity
4. DThe spacing effect

Anchoring bias occurs when:

1. APeople prefer options presented as gains
2. BPeople remember only the end of an experience
3. CAn initial number strongly influences a later estimate
4. DPeople believe after the event that they knew the outcome all along

Repeating "the, the, the" aloud while learning a word list impairs recall because it:

1. ABlocks rehearsal in the phonological loop
2. BOverloads the visuospatial sketchpad
3. CErases information already in long-term memory
4. DPrevents the eyes from reading the words

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

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

When a video shows a face saying "ga" while the audio says "ba", many people hear "da". This shows that:

1. AVision is ignored when we listen to speech
2. BHearing always overrides vision when they conflict
3. CSpeech perception combines what we see and hear
4. DPeople cannot tell similar speech sounds apart