Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

  1. AMental set
  2. BInsight
  3. CFunctional fixedness
  4. DTrial-and-error learning
2.Easy

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

  1. ACT
  2. BPET
  3. CfMRI
  4. DEEG
3.Easy

The Gestalt principle of proximity states that we tend to group together elements that are:

  1. AClose to each other
  2. BForming a closed shape
  3. CMoving in the same direction
  4. DSimilar in colour
4.Medium

Baddeley added the episodic buffer to the working memory model to explain how working memory:

  1. ARehearses speech sounds silently with an inner voice
  2. BDirects attention and switches between tasks
  3. CBinds information from different sources and from long-term memory
  4. DStores visual information for a fraction of a second
5.Medium

Counting the windows in your house by picturing walking around it mainly uses which working memory component?

  1. AThe episodic buffer
  2. BLong-term procedural memory
  3. CThe phonological loop
  4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad
6.Medium

Inattentional blindness is shown by the study in which participants failed to notice:

  1. AA word flashed below the threshold of awareness
  2. BA person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
  3. CA tone played in one ear
  4. DA change in the colour of a single letter
7.Hard

Chase and Simon showed chess positions briefly to experts and novices. Experts recalled real game positions much better, but not random positions. This suggests expertise relies on:

  1. AChunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory
  2. BA larger short-term memory capacity in general
  3. CPhotographic iconic memory
  4. DBetter eyesight
8.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. AThe story made the radiation problem harder to solve
  2. BAlmost everyone used the analogy without needing any hint
  3. CNobody could solve the radiation problem, even with a hint
  4. DFew used the analogy until told the story might help

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Insight
  2. 2. D · EEG
  3. 3. A · Close to each other
  4. 4. C · Binds information from different sources and from long-term memory
  5. 5. D · The visuospatial sketchpad
  6. 6. B · A person in a gorilla suit walking through a basketball game
  7. 7. A · Chunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory
  8. 8. D · Few used the analogy until told the story might help

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