Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

  1. AAtkinson and Shiffrin
  2. BCraik and Lockhart
  3. CBaddeley and Hitch
  4. DLoftus and Palmer
2.Easy

What is a heuristic?

  1. AA disorder of perception
  2. BA mental shortcut used to make judgements quickly
  3. CA step-by-step procedure that always finds the right answer
  4. DA type of long-term memory
3.Easy

Functional fixedness is the tendency to:

  1. AForget the purpose of an object after a delay
  2. BSee an object only in terms of its usual use
  3. CRemember objects better than words
  4. DSolve every problem with the same algorithm
4.Medium

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

  1. AIs the same whatever the angle of rotation is
  2. BIncreases with the angle between the two shapes
  3. CDepends mainly on how complex the shapes are
  4. DDecreases as the angle between them gets larger
5.Medium

Kosslyn found that the time to mentally scan between two landmarks on an imagined map increased with their distance. This suggests that mental images:

  1. AAre stored only as abstract verbal descriptions of the scene
  2. BAre processed in the phonological loop
  3. CCannot be inspected once formed
  4. DPreserve spatial relationships of the real scene
6.Medium

A strategy that breaks a problem into subgoals, each reducing the difference between the current state and the goal, is called:

  1. AIncubation
  2. BTrial and error
  3. CMeans–end analysis
  4. DInsight
7.Hard

In Treisman's feature integration theory, why is finding a red X among red Os and blue Xs slow?

  1. ASingle features cannot be detected without attention
  2. BRed is processed more slowly than blue
  3. CLetters cannot be searched visually
  4. DCombining features (a conjunction) requires focused attention to each item
8.Hard

Linda is described as outspoken and concerned with social justice. Many people judge "Linda is a bank teller and a feminist" more likely than "Linda is a bank teller". What is the error?

  1. AThe gambler's fallacy: past events change the future odds
  2. BAnchoring: the first description fixes the later estimate
  3. CCorrect base-rate use: feminists are common among bank tellers
  4. DThe conjunction fallacy: A and B cannot be likelier than A

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Atkinson and Shiffrin
  2. 2. B · A mental shortcut used to make judgements quickly
  3. 3. B · See an object only in terms of its usual use
  4. 4. B · Increases with the angle between the two shapes
  5. 5. D · Preserve spatial relationships of the real scene
  6. 6. C · Means–end analysis
  7. 7. D · Combining features (a conjunction) requires focused attention to each item
  8. 8. D · The conjunction fallacy: A and B cannot be likelier than A

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