Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Declarative memory, which can be consciously recalled and put into words, is also called:

1. AMotor memory
2. BExplicit memory
3. CSensory memory
4. DImplicit memory

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

1. AHindsight bias
2. BAnchoring
3. CConfirmation bias
4. DFundamental attribution error

About how many items can a person hold in short-term memory, according to George Miller's classic estimate?

1. A7 ± 2
2. B20 ± 5
3. C12 ± 3
4. D3 ± 1

Which of these is an ill-defined problem?

1. ACompleting a Tower of Hanoi puzzle
2. BFinding the sum of two numbers
3. CDesigning a pleasant garden
4. DSolving an anagram

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. BEncoding specificity
3. CProactive interference
4. DThe spacing effect

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

1. AFigure–ground organisation
2. BSize constancy
3. CThe law of closure
4. DRetinal disparity

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. AAnterograde amnesia
2. BUnilateral spatial neglect
3. CProsopagnosia
4. DLeft visual field blindsight

Countries where people are organ donors unless they opt out have far higher donor rates than countries where people must opt in. This is best explained by:

1. ABelief bias in moral reasoning about donation
2. BThe default effect and status quo bias
3. CThe sunk cost fallacy
4. DThe availability heuristic