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Cognitive Psychology Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cognitive Psychologists study

a)

Mental Concepts

b)

Problem Solving

c)

Decision Making

d)

All of the above

2.

In an attempt to buy the best quality cooking pan, one might assume expensive = best. This is the use of:

a)

Concepts

b)

Algorithms

c)

Heuristic

d)

Overconfidence

3.

Which of the following is an example of a 2-year-old’s overextension in language?

a)

Saying "doggie" for every 4-legged animal with tail

b)

Mispronouncing common words

c)

Saying "I seed" instead of "I saw"

d)

Making standard baby noises

4.

Dory repeating directions while navigating the pipes is an example of

a)

Heuristic

b)

Concept

c)

Flashbulb memory

d)

Rehearsal

5.

Dory's emotional, sudden remembrance of the undertow from her childhood is an example of

a)

Recognition

b)

Flashbulb memory

c)

Sensory memory

d)

Repetition

6.

Dory suffered from

a)

Source amnesia

b)

Retrieval failure

c)

Encoding failure (Short-term memory loss)

d)

I don't remember

7.

A mental category that represents a group of objects is called

a)

Heuristic

b)

Memory

c)

Prototype

d)

Concept

8.

Maximus quits a relatively new job that she had been previously excited to begin. While talking to her friend, she tells him, “I knew I was going to hate that place!” This example illustrates

a)

Hindsight bias

b)

Belief perserverence

c)

Framing

d)

Overconfidence

9.

To differentiate between someone saying "cat" or "cap" one must pay attention to the different sounds of the last letter, also known as

a)

Phonic

b)

Syllable

c)

Phoneme

d)

Differentiated emphasis

10.

The smallest unit of meaningful sound in a word that possesses meaning on it’s own is called a

a)

Syllable

b)

Question

c)

Morpheme

d)

Differentiated Emphasis

11.

Using a "rule of thumb" to quickly solve a problem is using a

a)

Heuristic

b)

Mental set

c)

Concept

d)

Bias

12.

Discovering, analyzing, and finding a solution to overcome an obstacle is called

a)

Thinking

b)

Thinking about thinking

c)

Problem solving

d)

Goal setting

13.

When given 6 toothpicks with the task of forming 4 equilateral triangles, most of you were only thinking of 2D solutions instead of 3D. This obstacle is called:

a)

Bias

b)

Heuristic

c)

Spatial bias

d)

Fixation

14.

Our tendency to perceive a problem by using past experiences to frame the problem in a certain way is called

a)

Representative sets

b)

Mental sets

c)

Heuristic sets

d)

Framing sets

15.

When old information prevents you from being able to recall new information, such as calling your new girlfriend by your old girlfriend’s name, this would be an example of

a)

Inactive recall

b)

Forgetting curve

c)

Proactive interference

d)

A break up

16.

Effortful processing can occur only with

a)

Implicit memory

b)

Conscious attention

c)

Chunking

d)

Recalling

17.

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ________ memory.

a)

Short term

b)

Long term

c)

Flashbulb

d)

Heuristic

18.

A system of signs, sounds, and symbols used to communicate is called

a)

Telepathy

b)

Instinct

c)

A text message

d)

Language