WorksheetsUnit 4 Cognition: Thinking & Memory
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
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?
Flashbulb Memory
Overconfidence
Framing Effect
Source Amnesia
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
misinformation effect
encoding failure
storage failure
retrieval failure
Trying to remember a series of numbers for a short amount of time by repeating them over and over again is using
visual spatial sketchpad
maintenance rehearsal
elaborative rehearsal
implicit memory
A student can remember better if they study a little each day, as opposed to cramming. This type of studying is known as the
mass practice
serial position effect
distributed practice
method of loci
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
availability heuristic
representativeness heuristic
functional fixedness
framing effect
What psych terms describes memory loss of not being able to create new memories and not remembering old memories, respectively?
anterograde amnesia & retrograde amnesia
source amnesia & retrograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia & anterograde amnesia
proactive and retroactive interference
Remember the beginning of a list and the end of a list, but forgetting the middle part of the list is called
iconic memory
serial position effect
the relearning effect
implicit memory
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
chunking
deep processing
retrieval failure
shallow processing
A depressed person typically recalls sad memories due to
context-dependent memory
state-dependent memory
mood-congruent memory
retroactive interference
Getting information into memory is known as
encoding
storage
retrieval
relearning
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
source amnesia
flashbulb memories
semantic encoding
implicit memories
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
overconfidence
functional fixedness
framing effect
syntax judgement
A computer program that random calculates all the possible answers to an anagram puzzle is using a(n):
heuristic
algorithm
belief bias
belief perseverance
Which of the following is NOT something that is automatically processed and encoded?
Time, such as a sequence of events
Place, such as where items are placed in your notes
Frequency, such as how often an event occurs during the day
New vocabulary words, such as 'biological nomenclature'
People can sometimes only see a particular object as having one use. This is known as
confirmation bias
functional fixedness
overconfidence effect
groupthink
A person can recognize that a tuna is a fish quicker than seahorse because tuna matches their ____ better than a seahorse does.
algorithm
prototype
heuristic
hierarchy
Once a memory is formed in the brain, neurons become more sensitive and start to fire more frequently. This is called
chunking
automatic processing
serial position effect
long-term potentiation
Relating new concepts to your own life helps make stronger memories because of
The Phonological Loop
Semantic Encoding
Automatic Processing
Misinformation Effect
What type of memory would be tested above if the image was flashed on a screen?
Iconic Memory
Echoic Memory
Implicit Memory
State-Dependent Memory
Nadia recently changed her phone passcode and now can't get into her phone because she can only remember the old passcode. This illustrates
proactive interference
retroactive interference
chunking
serial position effect
Procedural memories are stored in the _____ and the declarative memories are stored in the _____.
hippocampus; cerebellum
temporal lobe; occipital lobe
cerebellum; hippocampus
iconic; echoic
A person who cannot create future memories is likely to be diagnosed with
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
source amnesia
Broca's aphasia
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
Representativeness Hueristic
Confirmation Bias
Belief Perseverance
Framing Effect
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
distributed guided practice
algorithms
confirmation bias
mass practice
A well-learned skill, such as physically writing one's own name is considered a(n):
procedural memory
declarative memory
explicit memory
echoic memory
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
the overconfidence effect
anterograde amnesia
the misinformation effect
retrograde amnesia
Which of the following is NOT a part of the working memory?
central executive
episodic buffer
iconic memory
phonological loop
According to the multi-store memory model, items can be moved from sensory memory to short-term memory by
maintenance rehearsal
paying attention
elaborative rehearsal
retrieval
In terms of retrieval, a multiple choice test is a good example of
recognition
relearning
retrograde amnesia
recall
When trying to argue a position, the tendency to only look for evidence that supports your own beliefs is called
overconfidence effect
confirmation bias
belief bias
belief perseverance
