Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. APhoneme
2. BMorpheme
3. CPhrase
4. DLexicon

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. CSustained attention
4. DIconic memory

The tendency to search for information that supports what we already believe is called:

1. AFundamental attribution error
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CAnchoring
4. DHindsight bias

The availability heuristic means people judge how likely an event is by:

1. AHow similar it is to a typical case
2. BHow easily examples come to mind
3. CThe first number they hear
4. DIts actual statistical frequency

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

1. AFlashbulb memory
2. BThe spacing effect
3. CState-dependent memory
4. DThe serial position effect

In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, which component handles verbal and acoustic information?

1. AThe visuospatial sketchpad
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CThe episodic buffer
4. DThe central executive

Change blindness experiments show that people often:

1. AFail to notice large changes in a scene when the change happens during a brief interruption
2. BNotice every small change in their visual field
3. CSee changes only in colour, not in shape
4. DAre better at spotting changes in faces than in objects in all cases

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

1. ASpeech perception combines what we see and hear
2. BPeople cannot tell similar speech sounds apart
3. CHearing always overrides vision when they conflict
4. DVision is ignored when we listen to speech