Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Continuing to invest in a failing project because of the money already spent is called the:

1. ASunk cost fallacy
2. BGambler's fallacy
3. CFraming effect
4. DAvailability heuristic

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

1. AFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
2. BSolving an arithmetic problem
3. CRemembering a phone number for a few seconds
4. DRecognising a face you have seen before

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

1. AProactive interference
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CRepression
4. DDecay

Rubin's vase, which can be seen as a vase or as two faces, illustrates:

1. AFigure–ground organisation
2. BThe law of closure
3. CRetinal disparity
4. DSize constancy

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

1. AThe serial position effect
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CThe spacing effect
4. DState-dependent memory

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. AAnterograde amnesia
2. BEncoding failure
3. CProactive interference
4. DRetroactive interference

Participants held a hand in painfully cold water for 60 seconds in one trial, and in another for 60 seconds plus 30 more seconds at a slightly warmer temperature. Most chose to repeat the longer trial. Why?

1. AMemory of pain followed the peak and the end, not duration
2. BThey were confused about which trial was which
3. CLonger experiences are always remembered as more pleasant ones
4. DThey wanted to please the researchers by choosing more

After a stroke in the right parietal lobe, a patient eats only from the right side of the plate and draws only the right half of a clock. This is:

1. AProsopagnosia
2. BLeft visual field blindsight
3. CAnterograde amnesia
4. DUnilateral spatial neglect