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Unit 4 Cognition: Thinking & Memory

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

A friend is obsessed with a movie and talks about it all the time. One day, a teacher asks if you have seen that movie and you say yes, even though you haven't. What psych term can account for this memory mistake?

a)

Flashbulb Memory

b)

Overconfidence

c)

Framing Effect

d)

Source Amnesia

2.

Even though James looks at his phone several times a day, you can't remember whether the calendar is on the left or right side. This is an example

a)

misinformation effect

b)

encoding failure

c)

storage failure

d)

retrieval failure

3.

Trying to remember a series of numbers for a short amount of time by repeating them over and over again is using

a)

visual spatial sketchpad

b)

maintenance rehearsal

c)

elaborative rehearsal

d)

implicit memory

4.

A student can remember better if they study a little each day, as opposed to cramming. This type of studying is known as the

a)

mass practice

b)

serial position effect

c)

distributed practice

d)

method of loci

5.

The national news is covering an outbreak of E coli in lettuce. When you go to Panera and are trying to decide what to have, the news story pops into your mind and you choose a sandwich over the salad. This occurred because of the

a)

availability heuristic

b)

representativeness heuristic

c)

functional fixedness

d)

framing effect

6.

What psych terms describes memory loss of not being able to create new memories and not remembering old memories, respectively?

a)

anterograde amnesia & retrograde amnesia

b)

source amnesia & retrograde amnesia

c)

retrograde amnesia & anterograde amnesia

d)

proactive and retroactive interference

7.

Remember the beginning of a list and the end of a list, but forgetting the middle part of the list is called

a)

iconic memory

b)

serial position effect

c)

the relearning effect

d)

implicit memory

8.

In order to remember a list of words, Jenny practices spelling each word, whereas Paula makes a story out of the words. Paula's method, which results in better memory, illustrates the concept of

a)

chunking

b)

deep processing

c)

retrieval failure

d)

shallow processing

9.

A depressed person typically recalls sad memories due to

a)

context-dependent memory

b)

state-dependent memory

c)

mood-congruent memory

d)

retroactive interference

10.

Getting information into memory is known as

a)

encoding

b)

storage

c)

retrieval

d)

relearning

11.

After the President's speech, people could not recall the exact words from the speech, but could recall the ideas and meanings of the speech. This illustrates the effects of

a)

source amnesia

b)

flashbulb memories

c)

semantic encoding

d)

implicit memories

12.

A person would rather buy a car that is rated 90% good for the environment than a car that is rated 10% bad for the environment due to

a)

overconfidence

b)

functional fixedness

c)

framing effect

d)

syntax judgement

13.

A computer program that random calculates all the possible answers to an anagram puzzle is using a(n):

a)

heuristic

b)

algorithm

c)

belief bias

d)

belief perseverance

14.

Which of the following is NOT something that is automatically processed and encoded?

a)

Time, such as a sequence of events

b)

Place, such as where items are placed in your notes

c)

Frequency, such as how often an event occurs during the day

d)

New vocabulary words, such as 'biological nomenclature'

15.

People can sometimes only see a particular object as having one use. This is known as

a)

confirmation bias

b)

functional fixedness

c)

overconfidence effect

d)

groupthink

16.

A person can recognize that a tuna is a fish quicker than seahorse because tuna matches their ____ better than a seahorse does.

a)

algorithm

b)

prototype

c)

heuristic

d)

hierarchy

17.

Once a memory is formed in the brain, neurons become more sensitive and start to fire more frequently. This is called

a)

chunking

b)

automatic processing

c)

serial position effect

d)

long-term potentiation

18.

Relating new concepts to your own life helps make stronger memories because of

a)

The Phonological Loop

b)

Semantic Encoding

c)

Automatic Processing

d)

Misinformation Effect

19.

What type of memory would be tested above if the image was flashed on a screen?

a)

Iconic Memory

b)

Echoic Memory

c)

Implicit Memory

d)

State-Dependent Memory

20.

Nadia recently changed her phone passcode and now can't get into her phone because she can only remember the old passcode. This illustrates

a)

proactive interference

b)

retroactive interference

c)

chunking

d)

serial position effect

21.

Procedural memories are stored in the _____ and the declarative memories are stored in the _____.

a)

hippocampus; cerebellum

b)

temporal lobe; occipital lobe

c)

cerebellum; hippocampus

d)

iconic; echoic

22.

A person who cannot create future memories is likely to be diagnosed with

a)

retrograde amnesia

b)

anterograde amnesia

c)

source amnesia

d)

Broca's aphasia

23.

Garrett read an article online that said the flu vaccine contributes to autism. However, when he told his friends, they all showed him articles that scientifically refute the online author's claim. Even so Garrett still agrees with the original article. This is known as

a)

Representativeness Hueristic

b)

Confirmation Bias

c)

Belief Perseverance

d)

Framing Effect

24.

Julie only studies by reading the entire chapter the night before a test. She is surprised that she gets low grades on tests. Julie's method of study is indicative of

a)

distributed guided practice

b)

algorithms

c)

confirmation bias

d)

mass practice

25.

A well-learned skill, such as physically writing one's own name is considered a(n):

a)

procedural memory

b)

declarative memory

c)

explicit memory

d)

echoic memory

26.

After seeing a car accident, Louis over heard other witnesses saying that the driver appeared to be drunk. Louis then incorrectly recalled that the driver was driving eratically prior to crashing. This occurred because of

a)

the overconfidence effect

b)

anterograde amnesia

c)

the misinformation effect

d)

retrograde amnesia

27.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the working memory?

a)

central executive

b)

episodic buffer

c)

iconic memory

d)

phonological loop

28.

According to the multi-store memory model, items can be moved from sensory memory to short-term memory by

a)

maintenance rehearsal

b)

paying attention

c)

elaborative rehearsal

d)

retrieval

29.

In terms of retrieval, a multiple choice test is a good example of

a)

recognition

b)

relearning

c)

retrograde amnesia

d)

recall

30.

When trying to argue a position, the tendency to only look for evidence that supports your own beliefs is called

a)

overconfidence effect

b)

confirmation bias

c)

belief bias

d)

belief perseverance