WorksheetsCognitive Approach Review Studies
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who conducted a study investigating if leading questions can create false memories?
a)
Loftus and Pickrell
b)
Shaw and Porter
c)
Loftus and Palmer
d)
Bransford and Johnson
2.
Which verb lead to the slowest speed estimates in Loftus and Palmer's experiment 1?
a)
Contacted
b)
Hit
c)
Smashed
d)
Bumped
3.
Which verb lead to the fastest speed estimates in Loftus and Palmer's experiment 1?
a)
Contacted
b)
Hit
c)
Smashed
d)
Bumped
4.
What % of participants recalled broken glass in the smashed and hit conditions (respectively)?
a)
40mph and 30mph
b)
14% and 32%
c)
32% and 14%
d)
50/50
5.
What is the name given to the tendency to focus on information in a way that confirms preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?
a)
Schematic processing
b)
Rationalization
c)
System two processing
d)
Confirmation bias
6.
In Cohen et al.'s study, participants watch a video of a woman having dinner with her husband. What was her job?
a)
librarian
b)
teacher
c)
coach
d)
waiteress
7.
Stone et al. conducted a study investigating how prior knowledge can influence comprehension and memory
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What was the DV in Cohen's study?
a)
the job of the woman: librarian vs. waitress
b)
the schema consistent details recalled about the woman
c)
the ethnicity of the woman
d)
how well the woman played basketball
9.
Which of these traits were more likely to be assigned to the black athlete in Stone et al?
a)
Played with hustle
b)
Made intelligent plays
c)
Made athletic plays
d)
More likely to cheat
10.
Which of these was NOT a condition in Bransford and Johnson's study?
a)
Title before
b)
False title
c)
Title after
d)
No title
11.
How was comprehension measured in Bransford and Johnson's experiment?
a)
Reading test
b)
Observation
c)
Self-report
d)
It wasn't
12.
What were the average details recalled in the title before, after and no title conditions?
a)
3,2,1
b)
5.8, 2.6, 2.8 (out of 18)
c)
18, 10, 8 (out of 18)
d)
2.6, 3.6, 4.6
13.
What is the name given to the phenomenon of false information after an event being recalled as real?
a)
Misinformation effect
b)
Rationalization
c)
Schematic processing
d)
Schema
14.
Who conducted a study to investigate if it's possible to implant a false memory of committing a crime?
a)
Loftus and Palmer
b)
Loftus and Pickrel
c)
Shaw and Porter
d)
Bransford and Johnson
15.
In Shaw and Poter's study, how many participants in the criminal condition had a false memory of committing a crime?
a)
70
b)
30
c)
21
d)
10
16.
In Loftus and Pickrell's study, participants got lost in a mall when they were 4 years old.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
In Loftus and Pickrell's study, how many participants recalled being lost in a mall, sometimes in great detail?
a)
5
b)
24
c)
21
d)
70
18.
What is the predominant research method used in the studies covered in the cognitive approach?
a)
quasi-experiment
b)
correlational study
c)
laboratory experiment
d)
field experiment
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