Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

A vivid, detailed memory of where you were when you heard shocking news is called a:

1. AScreen memory
2. BFlashbulb memory
3. CProcedural memory
4. DIconic memory

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. C3 ± 1
4. D12 ± 3

The feeling after an event that "I knew it all along" is called:

1. AAnchoring
2. BConfirmation bias
3. CHindsight bias
4. DOverconfidence

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

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

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

1. ARandomly placed, whatever the length of the list
2. BAt the beginning and end of the list
3. COnly at the beginning of the list
4. DIn the middle of the list

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

1. AIconic memory
2. BThe central executive
3. CThe phonological loop
4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad

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. APhotographic iconic memory
2. BA larger short-term memory capacity in general
3. CBetter eyesight
4. DChunks of meaningful patterns stored in long-term memory

A participant solves anagrams faster after seeing related words briefly, without being aware of them. This is an example of:

1. AInterference
2. BChunking
3. CPriming
4. DRehearsal