Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ARetinal disparity
2. BLinear perspective
3. CInterposition
4. DTexture gradient

An algorithm, in the psychology of problem solving, is:

1. AA sudden flash of understanding about a problem
2. BA mental picture of how the problem looks
3. CA quick rule of thumb that usually works well enough
4. DA step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

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

Loftus and Palmer's car crash study showed that:

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

Counting the windows in your house by picturing walking around it mainly uses which working memory component?

1. AThe visuospatial sketchpad
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CLong-term procedural memory
4. DThe episodic buffer

Lists of similar-sounding letters (B, G, V, T) are harder to recall immediately than dissimilar letters (F, K, Y, W). This suggests short-term memory:

1. AMainly codes information by meaning
2. BMainly codes verbal information acoustically
3. CHas unlimited capacity for letters
4. DStores letters mainly as visual images of their shapes

Clive Wearing developed severe amnesia after a brain infection and cannot remember events from moment to moment, yet he can still play the piano and conduct music. This shows that:

1. AMusical skills are stored in short-term memory
2. BAll long-term memory depends on a single system
3. CProcedural memory can survive severe loss of episodic memory
4. DEpisodic memory is needed to perform any skill

Glanzer and Cunitz had participants count for 30 seconds between hearing a list and recalling it. Which result did they find?

1. AThe primacy effect disappeared, but the recency effect remained
2. BRecall became equal at all positions except the middle
3. CThe recency effect disappeared, but the primacy effect remained
4. DBoth effects became larger