Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Damage to Wernicke's area typically causes:

1. ALoss of the ability to read but not to write
2. BFluent but largely meaningless speech with poor comprehension
3. CSlow, effortful speech with good comprehension
4. DLoss of the ability to recognise familiar faces

A multiple-choice exam mainly tests which kind of retrieval?

1. ASerial recall
2. BRecognition
3. CRelearning
4. DFree recall

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

1. AHindsight bias
2. BFundamental attribution error
3. CAnchoring
4. DConfirmation bias

People often accept an invalid syllogism if its conclusion sounds true, such as "Some vitamins are healthy". This is called:

1. ABelief bias
2. BHindsight bias
3. CAnchoring
4. DSelf-serving bias

A friend walking away from you does not seem to shrink, even though their image on your retina gets smaller. This is called:

1. ALinear perspective
2. BSize constancy
3. CShape constancy
4. DFigure–ground organisation

In the Brown–Peterson task, participants count backwards by threes after seeing a trigram such as "KTR". The main finding was that:

1. ARecall fell sharply within about 18 seconds without rehearsal
2. BCounting backwards made the trigrams easier to remember
3. CRecall stayed almost perfect even after 18 seconds of counting
4. DOnly the first letter of each trigram tended to be forgotten

Which finding supports a reconstructive view of memory (Bartlett)?

1. APeople can recall long lists of digits perfectly
2. BMemories of emotional events never change
3. CPeople retelling an unfamiliar story change it to fit their own culture
4. DShort-term memory holds about seven items

Evidence that short-term and long-term memory are separate stores comes from patients who:

1. AShow the same recall for all list positions
2. BRemember everything equally well
3. CLose all memories after a mild headache
4. DHave impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern