Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Generating many different possible uses for a brick is an example of:

1. AFunctional fixedness
2. BDeductive reasoning
3. CConvergent thinking
4. DDivergent thinking

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

1. ABaddeley and Hitch
2. BLoftus and Palmer
3. CAtkinson and Shiffrin
4. DCraik and Lockhart

Which part of the retina gives the sharpest, most detailed vision?

1. AThe periphery
2. BThe fovea
3. CThe optic chiasm
4. DThe blind spot

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

1. AEyewitnesses are always accurate about speed
2. BStress improves the accuracy of recall
3. CThe wording of a question can change eyewitness memory
4. DMemory for faces is more reliable than memory for events

In Shepard and Metzler's mental rotation task, the time to decide whether two 3D shapes are the same:

1. ADecreases as the angle between them gets larger
2. BIncreases with the angle between the two shapes
3. CIs the same whatever the angle of rotation is
4. DDepends mainly on how complex the shapes are

Broadbent's filter model of attention proposes that unattended messages are:

1. ABlocked by physical features before meaning is analysed
2. BProcessed at the same level as the attended message
3. CFully analysed for meaning and then quickly forgotten
4. DWeakened but still analysed for important meanings, such as names

Participants practise retrieving some items from a studied category (e.g. "fruit – orange"). Later, unpractised items from the same category (e.g. "fruit – banana") are recalled worse than items from unpractised categories. This is:

1. AThe testing effect
2. BRetroactive interference from a new list
3. CRetrieval-induced forgetting
4. DDecay over time

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. CShort-term memory holds about seven items
4. DPeople retelling an unfamiliar story change it to fit their own culture