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WorksheetsPsych Cognition Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fading away of memory
a)
Amnesia
b)
Decay
c)
Interference
d)
Repression
2.
Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called
a)
Generic Memory
b)
Procedural Memory
c)
Iconic Memory
d)
Flashbulb Memory
3.
Organization of itmes into familiar or manageable units
a)
Amnesia
b)
Grouping
c)
Chunking
d)
Eidetic
4.
Which memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?
a)
Recognition
b)
Recall
c)
Relearning
d)
Repression
5.
After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his
a)
Short-Term Memory
b)
Long Term Memory
c)
Visual Memory
d)
Echoic Memory
6.
The process of filing information into your memory is...
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
7.
______ involves maintaing encoded information in memory over time.
a)
Recall
b)
Amnesia
c)
Storage
d)
Potential
8.
What is it called when new information impairsthe retention of previously learned information?
a)
Retention
b)
Retroactive Interference
c)
Proactiveinterference
d)
Retrieval Failure
9.
What memory system is made up of chronological recollections of personal memory?
a)
Declarative
b)
Episodic
c)
Semantic
d)
Nondeclarative
10.
the persistence of learning over timethrough the storage and retrieval of information
a)
Encoding
b)
Memory
c)
Storage
d)
Relearning
11.
Disruptive efffect of prior learning on the recall of new information (Forward Acting)
a)
Retroactive Interference
b)
Proactive Interactive
c)
Repression
d)
Misinformation Effect
12.
memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." (Also called declarative memory.)
a)
iconic memory
b)
explicit memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
implicit memory
13.
the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response.
a)
memory
b)
encoding
c)
priming
d)
chunking
14.
The idea that we remember the first and last items in a list the best.
a)
serial-position effect
b)
chunking
c)
visual encoding
d)
semantic encoding
15.
Most people can handle between _________ chunks of information at one time.
a)
five to nine
b)
one to three
c)
nine to twelve
16.
Remembering how to roller skate involves which of the following kinds of memory?
a)
episodic
b)
semantic
c)
procedural
d)
prospective
17.
a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage.
a)
hippocampus
b)
fornix
c)
storage
d)
mnemonics
18.
According to _________ theory, you are likely to form memories that mirror your emotional state.
a)
Mood congruent
b)
Mood dependent
c)
episodic memory
d)
priming
19.
Bringing a memory back to mind
a)
reconstruction
b)
recognition
c)
recall
d)
relearning
20.
Which is NOT one of the three basic tasks of memory?
a)
reconstruction
b)
recognition
c)
recall
d)
relearning
21.
The child who says “milk gone” is engaging in ____________. This type of utterance demonstrates that children are actively experimenting with the rules of ____________.
a)
Babbling; syntax
b)
Telegraphic speech; syntax
c)
Babbling; semantics
d)
Telegraphic speech; semantics
22.
Phonemes are best defined as:
a)
The smallest meaningful combination of sounds in a language
b)
The basic sounds of consonants and vowels
c)
Something that specifies the meaning of words and phrases
d)
A special form of communication
23.
A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called
a)
Grapheme
b)
Morpheme
c)
Phoneme
d)
Holophrase
24.
Semantics
a)
the system of rules for putting words in order
b)
the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
c)
the smallest units of sound that make up language
d)
the system of using words to create meaning
25.
1. Which problem solving strategy is less likely to have errors?
a)
Algorithms
b)
Insight
c)
Intrinsic motivation
d)
Heuristic
26.
When instances come readily to mind, we often presume such events are common. What of the following is the term for this phenomenon?
a)
Intuition insight
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Belief perserverance
d)
Availability heurisitic
27.
______ is an example of a concept that best exemplifies the characteristics of that concept.
a)
prototype
b)
concept
c)
syntax
d)
thinking
28.
_____ is the mental activity involved in the processing, and communicating of information.
a)
thinking
b)
concept
c)
prototype
d)
metacognition
29.
___ a rule of thumb that is often useful in solving problems.
a)
Heuristic
b)
algorithm
c)
protype
d)
concept
30.
Mental models of different aspects of the world.
a)
cognitive schema
b)
mental set
c)
prototype
d)
algorithm
31.
Person has speech that makes sense, but the person has difficulty speaking
a)
Broca's Aphasia
b)
Wernicke's Aphasia
c)
Visual Agnosia
d)
Neglect Syndrome
32.
Behavior is a reaction to a:
a)
reinforcer
b)
response
c)
discriminator
d)
stimulus
33.
Which of the following is an unconditioned response?
a)
clapping after a thrilling concert performance
b)
jumping rope
c)
running through a maze to get a food reward
d)
sweating in hot weather
34.
Which of the following researchers is not generally associated with conditioning?
a)
Skinner
b)
Watson
c)
Pavlov
d)
Bandura
35.
Any consequence that increases the future likelihood of a behavior is called:
a)
punishment
b)
conditioned stimulus.
c)
reinforcement
d)
unconditioned stimulus.
36.
When Fido the dog sits, he gets a treat. What kind of learning probably established this behavior?
a)
classical conditioning
b)
observational learning
c)
operant conditioning.
d)
insight learning.
37.
The psychologist most closely associated with the study of operant conditioning was:
a)
Skinner
b)
Watson
c)
Pavlov
d)
Bandura
38.
Elise's car has an annoying buzzer that sounds until the seat belt is snapped into place. Elise always puts on her seatbelt as soon as she gets in the car. She has learned this behavior through:
a)
conditioned response
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
positive reinforcement
d)
punishment
39.
In Pavlov’s experiment on salivation in dogs, the neutral stimulus was ____________ and the conditioned stimulus was ______________.
a)
the bell; the bell
b)
the bell; salivation
c)
the meat powder; the bell
d)
the meat powder; salivation
40.
What type of reinforcement is something you have learned to value, like money?
a)
Secondary reinforcer
b)
Primary reinforcer
c)
Positive reinforcement
d)
Negative reinforcement
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