Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Linking new information to things you already know, so it becomes meaningful, is called:

1. ARote repetition
2. BDecay
3. CElaborative rehearsal
4. DMaintenance rehearsal

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

1. ASyllable
2. BMorpheme
3. CGrapheme
4. DPhoneme

In cognitive psychology, a schema is:

1. AA single item held in short-term memory
2. BAn organised framework of knowledge about something
3. CA visual illusion caused by misleading depth cues in a scene
4. DA sudden loss of memory after brain injury

People verify "A robin is a bird" faster than "A penguin is a bird". This finding supports:

1. AThe classical view that all members are equally good examples
2. BThe multi-store model of memory
3. CPrototype theory and graded category membership
4. DFeature integration theory

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

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

Which working memory component is most heavily used when you switch between two tasks and decide what to focus on?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CThe visuospatial sketchpad
4. DIconic memory

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. AUnilateral spatial neglect
2. BLeft visual field blindsight
3. CProsopagnosia
4. DAnterograde amnesia

In Luchins' water jar problems, after solving several problems with the formula B − A − 2C, many participants kept using it even when a simpler solution (A − C) worked. This shows:

1. ASudden insight into the structure of the problem
2. BA mental set (Einstellung) that hides simpler solutions
3. CProactive interference in short-term memory
4. DFunctional fixedness about what the jars can be used for