Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Köhler's chimpanzees, who suddenly stacked boxes to reach bananas, are a classic example of:

  1. AFunctional fixedness
  2. BTrial-and-error learning
  3. CInsight
  4. DMental set
2.Easy

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

  1. ARelearning
  2. BFree recall
  3. CSerial recall
  4. DRecognition
3.Easy

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

  1. AFundamental attribution error
  2. BAnchoring
  3. CConfirmation bias
  4. DHindsight bias
4.Medium

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

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

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

  1. AFigure–ground organisation
  2. BLinear perspective
  3. CSize constancy
  4. DShape constancy
6.Medium

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

  1. AShowing the witness photos of a single suspect
  2. BAsking leading questions to speed things up
  3. CMentally reinstating the context of the event
  4. DAsking only yes-or-no questions
7.Hard

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

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

Readers stumble on "The horse raced past the barn fell" before understanding it. What does this show about sentence processing?

  1. AGrammar plays no role in understanding
  2. BPeople build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails
  3. CPeople wait until the end of a sentence before interpreting it
  4. DShort sentences are always harder than long ones

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Insight
  2. 2. D · Recognition
  3. 3. C · Confirmation bias
  4. 4. B · Binds information from different sources and from long-term memory
  5. 5. C · Size constancy
  6. 6. C · Mentally reinstating the context of the event
  7. 7. A · Have impaired long-term learning but normal digit span, and others with the opposite pattern
  8. 8. B · People build an interpretation word by word and must revise it when it fails

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