Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Who first measured the "forgetting curve" using nonsense syllables?

1. AUlric Neisser
2. BEndel Tulving
3. CHermann Ebbinghaus
4. DFrederic Bartlett

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

1. AExplicit memory
2. BSensory memory
3. CMotor memory
4. DImplicit memory

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

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

The cognitive interview is used by police to improve eyewitness recall. Which technique does it include?

1. AAsking leading questions to speed things up
2. BShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
3. CAsking only yes-or-no questions
4. DMentally reinstating the context of the event

The serial position effect predicts that items in a list are recalled best when they are:

1. AAt the beginning and end of the list
2. BRandomly placed, whatever the length of the list
3. CIn the middle of the list
4. DOnly at the beginning of the list

Encoding specificity means that recall is best when:

1. AInformation is learned in one long session
2. BThe context at retrieval matches the context at learning
3. CLearning happens just before sleep only
4. DThe material is learned in a noisy room

In prospect theory, losses typically feel:

1. AWeaker than gains of the same size
2. BExactly as strong as gains of the same size, on average
3. CAbout twice as strong as gains of the same size
4. DStrong only when they are certain

Strayer and Johnston found that hands-free phone conversations impaired simulated driving about as much as hand-held ones. What does this suggest?

1. AThe main cost of phoning while driving is attentional, not manual
2. BDriving is a fully automatic task
3. CTalking to a passenger in the car is just as distracting in every case
4. DHolding a phone is the only problem when driving