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WorksheetsCognition and Intelligence
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Memory in which people recall events in great detail is called
a)
Generic Memory
b)
Procedural Memory
c)
Iconic Memory
d)
Flashbulb Memory
2.
Organization of items into familiar or manageable units
a)
Amnesia
b)
Grouping
c)
Chunking
d)
Eidetic
3.
Which memory task involves identifying objects encountered before?
a)
Recognition
b)
Recall
c)
Relearning
d)
Repression
4.
The capacity to learn from experience, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment
a)
Creativity
b)
Achievement
c)
Intelligence
d)
Reliability
5.
The ability to invent new solutions to problems
a)
Creativity
b)
Achievement
c)
Intelligence
d)
Reliability
6.
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
7.
The process of filing information into your memory is...
a)
Chunking
b)
Encoding
c)
Retrieving
d)
Priming
8.
Our long-term memory capacity is
a)
In direct correlation to our age
b)
Varies greatly by gender
c)
Essentially limitless
d)
In direct correlation to our age
9.
______ involves maintaining encoded information in memory over time.
a)
Recall
b)
Amnesia
c)
Storage
d)
Potential
10.
What is the memory process that locates stored information and returns it to consciousness?
a)
retrieval
b)
storage
c)
encoding
d)
interference
11.
The average person can hold in short-term memory a list of
a)
3 items
b)
10 items
c)
7 items
d)
4 items
12.
What are the 3 stages of memory in order?
a)
Long-term, short-term, sensory
b)
short-term, long-term, sensory
c)
sensory, short-term, long-term
d)
sensory, long-term, short-term
13.
Robert was in an auto accident and now has difficulty remembering anything new. He can remember everything prior to his accident, but nothing since it. His doctors suspect that his _____ has been damaged.
a)
hippocampus
b)
cerebral cortex
c)
thalamus
d)
amygdala
14.
What is the Serial Position Effect?
a)
Forgetting the beginning of a list
b)
Forgetting the middle of a list
c)
Forgetting the end of a list
d)
I can't remember
15.
who developed the theory of multiple intelligences that included at least 8 different types?
a)
Binet
b)
Terman
c)
Gardner
d)
Wecshler
16.
What did Spearman mean by a "g" intelligence?
a)
intelligence is purely genetic
b)
"g" is a general intelligence that underlies many abilities
c)
"g" is the important speed factor in how long it takes to solve a problem
d)
girls' intelligence is valued above boys' intelligence
17.
Validity means that
a)
a test measures what it is supposed to measure
b)
that a test has been tested on many subjects
c)
a test measures both aptitude and acheivement
d)
scores are the same no matter who grades the test
18.
A person with lower than average intelligence who had an amazing, unusual mental skill is known as a
a)
genius
b)
savant
c)
prodigy
d)
freak
19.
According to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence's, the skill at learning, using, and understanding languages
a)
Spatial
b)
Interpersonal
c)
Linguistic
d)
Naturalist
20.
These tests are designed to measure what the test taker has accomplished.
a)
Acheivement
b)
Aptitude
c)
Standardized
d)
Assessment
21.
These tests are designed to measure what the test taker has accomplished.
a)
Acheivement
b)
Aptitude
c)
Standardized
d)
Assessment
22.
David Sternberg says there are three types of intelligence. Creative, Practical and ________________.
a)
Analytical
b)
General
c)
Advanced
d)
Basic
23.
David Sternberg says there are three types of intelligence. Creative, Practical and ________________.
a)
Analytical
b)
General
c)
Advanced
d)
Basic
24.
Charles Spearman created the Two Factor Theory of Intelligence.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Which of the following psychologists suggested there were 7 primary mental abilities all people should be measured by?
a)
LL Thurston
b)
Charles Spearman
c)
Kent Clark
d)
Sigmund Freud
26.
Sternberg proposed which of the following theories?
a)
Triarchic Theory
b)
Strength and Talents Theory
c)
Eight Intelligence Theory
d)
G and S Factor Theory
27.
Sternberg's three part intelligence theory includes all of the following except:
a)
Musical Thinking
b)
Analytical Thinking
c)
Creative Thinking
d)
Practical Thinking
28.
Computers and people both handle information using which processes?
a)
implicit, semantic, and episodic memories
b)
maintenance and elaborative rehearsals
c)
sensory, short term, and long term memories
d)
encoding, storage, and retrieval
29.
A memory of kindergarten that returns when you are back in your kindergarten classroom is an example of what type of memory?
a)
iconic
b)
eidetic
c)
context-dependent
d)
state-dependent
30.
Which is the easiest of the three basic memory tasks?
a)
recall
b)
recognition
c)
relearning
d)
chunking
31.
According to Sigmund Freud, what causes repression?
a)
disturbing memories
b)
physical injuries
c)
interference
d)
decay
32.
A problem solving strategy that often includes a formula and guarantees an answer to the problem is a(n)
a)
subgoal
b)
prototype
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heurisitc
33.
Experts in a given field prefer heuristics to algorithms because heuristics:
a)
Guarantee solutions to problems
b)
Prevent mental sets
c)
Often save time
d)
Prevent fixation
34.
The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:
a)
Cognition
b)
Learning
c)
Perception
d)
Sensation
35.
Complete the following analogy: rose is to flower as ____________ is to ____________.
a)
Concept is to prototype
b)
Prototype is to concept
c)
Concept is to hierarchy
d)
Hierarchy is to concept
36.
Failing to see that an article of clothing can be inflated as a life preserver is an example of:
a)
Belief bias
b)
The availability heuristic
c)
The representativeness heuristic
d)
Functional fixedness
37.
Airline reservations typically decline after a highly publicized airplane crash because people overestimate the incidence of such disasters. In such instances, people’s decisions are being influenced by:
a)
Belief bias
b)
The availability heuristic
c)
The representativeness heuristic
d)
Functional fixedness
38.
A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):
a)
Prototype
b)
Concept
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
39.
IQ = _________age/chronological age X 100
a)
Fundamental
b)
Mental
c)
Actual
d)
Legal
40.
Validity is...
a)
When tests are administered and scored the same way every time.
b)
The ability to measure what the test was intended to measure
c)
The moment when a test becomes legitimate.
d)
A test that validates a students intelligence.
41.
Standardization is...
a)
The ability to measure what the test was intended to measure
b)
Tests must be administered and scored the same way every time.
c)
The idea that the test must be the same in all 50 states.
d)
Having a test that produces similar results across multiple cross-sections of students.
42.
This individual developed the first Intelligence test to help children in French schools
a)
Pierre Stanford
b)
Francois Simon
c)
Alfred Binet
d)
Philip Mayer
43.
Which of the following is usually associated with creativity?
a)
convergent thinking
b)
divergent thinking
c)
intelligence
d)
modelling
44.
The term "cognition" includes
a)
thinking, problem solving, reasoning, and dreaming.
b)
classical and instrumental conditioning.
c)
the use of memory systems.
d)
an active process by which sensory input is selected, organized, and integrated.
45.
A tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories is called
a)
intuition.
b)
representativeness heuristic
c)
base rate.
d)
framing.
46.
Which of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for words?
a)
visual encoding
b)
acoustic encoding
c)
rote memorization
d)
semantic encoding
47.
After suffering a brain injury in a motorcycle accident, Adam cannot form new memories. He can, however, remember his life experiences before the accident. Adam's memory difficulty most clearly illustrates:
a)
repression.
b)
retroactive interference.
c)
encoding failure.
d)
source amnesia.
48.
You are used to driving a car with a standard shift. Today you are driving a friend’s car that has an automatic transmission. As you drive, you keep trying to shift gears, but there is no shift. This tendency is most likely due to:
a)
nretroactive interference.
b)
proactive interference.
c)
motivated forgetting.
d)
encoding failure.
49.
We have all had the experience of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. We are asked to remember someone’s name. We are certain that we know the name and feel as if we are just about to remember it, yet it remains elusive. What type of forgetting might be at work here?
a)
encoding failure
b)
retroactive interference
c)
retrieval failure
d)
motivated forgetting
50.
During her evening Spanish language exam, Janica so easily remembers the French vocabulary she studied that morning that she finds it difficult to recall the Spanish vocabulary she rehearsed that afternoon. Her difficulty best illustrates:
a)
the spacing effect.
b)
proactive interference.
c)
retroactive interference.
d)
state-dependent memory.
51.
Which of the following is TRUE?
a)
People underestimate the accuracy of their judgments.
b)
People pay closest attention to information that disconfirms what they believe.
c)
It is difficult for most people to explain away their failures.
d)
People are overconfident about how they will perform on various tasks.
52.
Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:
a)
the representativeness heuristic.
b)
belief perseverance.
c)
confirmation bias.
d)
functional fixedness.
53.
In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.” This best illustrates the importance of:
a)
syntax.
b)
semantics.
c)
morphemes.
d)
phonemes.
54.
Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go"?
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
Benjamin Lee Whorf
c)
Noam Chomsky
d)
Hermann Ebbinghaus
55.
Information that is reviewed to keep it from fading.
a)
Chunking
b)
Maintenance Rehearsal
c)
Storage
d)
Retrieval
56.
The rules of language
a)
Grammer
b)
Morphemes
c)
Language acquistion
d)
Script
57.
Techniques used to improve memory.
a)
Bias
b)
Persistence
c)
Mnemonic
d)
Transience
58.
A knowledge cluster
a)
Script
b)
Schema
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
59.
A rule of thumb
a)
Schema
b)
Script
c)
Algorithm
d)
Heuristic
60.
Sad feelings that trigger memories of another sad time are an example of
a)
state-dependent memory.
b)
sensory memory.
c)
context-dependent memory.
d)
echoic memory.
61.
Stanley was in an accident that damaged his brain. Now he has lost his memory for all events
occurring after his accident. Stanley accident has resulted in ______ amnesia.
a)
retrograde
b)
anterograde
c)
primary
d)
secondary
62.
Information in short-term memory lasts for
a)
several seconds
b)
several minutes
c)
several hours
d)
several days
63.
The skills needed to ride a bicycle are stored as
a)
procedural memories
b)
episodic memories
c)
generic memories
d)
echoic memories
64.
a certain time in development where it is easier to learn a task.
a)
Acquisition period
b)
Semantic period
c)
Heuristic period
d)
Critical period
65.
A, an and ill are all examples of:
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Grammar
66.
What are phonemes?
a)
Two or more words
b)
Smallest meaningful units
c)
Composed of many words (infinite)
d)
Basic Sounds
67.
The ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions is called?
a)
Two-Factor Theory
b)
Emotional Intelligence
c)
Multiple Intelligences
d)
Weschler Intelligence
68.
According to Spearmen, General Intelligence is linked to many clusters that can be analyzed by what?
a)
Aptitude
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
factor analysis
d)
Insight
69.
What are morphemes?
a)
Two or more words
b)
Smallest meaningful units
c)
Composed of many words (infinite)
d)
Basic Sounds
70.
Grammar
a)
the system of rules for acceptable language
b)
the smallest units of sound that carry meaning
c)
the system of rules for putting words in order
d)
the system of using words to create meaning
71.
When our child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, at first baby Fritz will be:
a)
Cooing
b)
Doodling
c)
Booing
d)
Babbling
72.
Responsible for the formation of language/speech.
a)
Broca's area
b)
Wernicke's area
c)
Auditory Association area
d)
Gustatory Cortex
73.
Responsible for the interpretation of language/speech.
a)
Broca's Area
b)
Werkicke's Area
c)
Premotor Area
d)
Visual Cortex
74.
A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.
a)
insight
b)
cognitive schema
c)
heuristics
d)
confirmation bias
75.
Old pattern of problem solving is applied to a new problem. It predisposes how we think
a)
mental set
b)
confirmation bias
c)
functional fixedness
d)
prototype
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