Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

About how many items can a person hold in short-term memory, according to George Miller's classic estimate?

1. A3 ± 1
2. B7 ± 2
3. C12 ± 3
4. D20 ± 5

Repeating a phone number over and over to keep it in mind is called:

1. AMaintenance rehearsal
2. BConsolidation
3. CChunking
4. DElaborative rehearsal

Which of these is a binocular depth cue?

1. ATexture gradient
2. BRetinal disparity
3. CLinear perspective
4. DInterposition

In Collins and Quillian's hierarchical network model, why does "A canary is an animal" take longer to verify than "A canary is a bird"?

1. A"Animal" is a longer and less frequent word than "bird"
2. BCanaries are rated as untypical members of "animal"
3. CMore levels must be travelled to reach "animal"
4. DThe sentence contains more letters to read

In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, which component handles verbal and acoustic information?

1. AThe central executive
2. BThe phonological loop
3. CThe episodic buffer
4. DThe visuospatial sketchpad

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

1. AThe phonological loop
2. BIconic memory
3. CThe visuospatial sketchpad
4. DThe central executive

In the Wason selection task, cards show E, K, 4 and 7. The rule is "If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other". Which cards must be turned to test the rule?

1. AE and 4
2. BE and 7
3. CE, 4 and 7
4. DE only

According to Lavie's load theory of attention, an irrelevant distractor is most likely to be processed when:

1. AThe distractor is presented to the blind spot
2. BThe main task has low perceptual load
3. CThe main task has high perceptual load
4. DThe participant is told to ignore it