WorksheetsCognition/Memory/Intelligence
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following is an example of automatic processing?
_________________ encoding involves items that get into our brain without our conscious awareness while ___________________ encoding requires attention, deep processing, and repetition to remember the items.
Effortful; automatic
Automatic; cerebellum
Automatic; effortful
Hippocampus; cerebellum
Memories are converted to long-term storage by the ________________ within the brain.
amygdala
hypothalamus
hippcampus
thalamus
Spreading out your studying to 15 minutes/night for 8 nights instead of 2 hours of cramming right before the test:
Spacing Effect
Next-in-Line Effect
Serial Position Effect
Self-reference Effect
We can maintain information for longer in our STM by...
Paying attention
Concentrating
Rehearsing information
Recalling information
Our SYNAPTIC connections between neurons become stronger the more often we recall certain memories. This is known as
long-term potentiation
storage decay
encoding failure
a flashbulb memory
a type of fixation that causes one to approach a problem the same way that has been successful in the past is called your
echoic memory
mental set
mental capacity
Ebbinghaus Curve
Throughout history, according to IQ test data, humans are
becoming less and less intelligent.
becoming more and more intelligent.
consistently scoring and performing at the same or similar levels, decade after decade, generation after generation
When standardized tests are used for IQ tests, the data often forms a / an
X - Y slope
bell curve
gradient with a positive correlation of +5 at each interval
inconclusive and inconsistent report
Fred and Eric are identical twins. Which is likely true about their intelligence?
Their intelligence test scores are closely matched.
Their brain matter volume and activation are different.
Their environment has no influence on their intelligence.
They have the same intelligence correlations as adopted siblings would.
A person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly (for example, in solving novel logic problems) decreases slowly up to about age 75, then more rapidly, especially after age 85. This type of ability is also known as
factor analysis
factor analysis
crystallized intelligence
fluid intelligence
What is the term for the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations?
Intelligence
Memory
Perception
Emotion
What is the phenomenon called when people perform better on tasks when they are in the same state of consciousness as when they learned the task?
Serial position effect
State-dependent memory
Encoding specificity
Contextual learning
Which of the following is an example of effortful processing?
Memorizing a poem for a recital.
Listening to music while jogging.
Breathing while sleeping.
Walking to a familiar place.
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for processing explicit memories?
Hippocampus
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Medulla
What is the term for the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses?
Emotion
Cognition
Perception
Intelligence
Which type of memory is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing?
Sensory memory
Long-term memory
Short-term memory
Procedural memory
What is the name of the effect where people tend to remember information better when it is spaced out over time?
Spacing effect
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Chunking effect
Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information that confirms one's preconceptions?
Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Availability heuristic
Hindsight bias
What is the term for the mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision?
Availability heuristic
Framing effect
Representativeness heuristic
Anchoring effect
Which of the following is a strategy for improving memory by organizing information into manageable units?
Priming
Chunking
Rehearsal
Encoding
What is the term for the process of transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory?
Retrieval
Encoding
Rehearsal
Consolidation
What is the cognitive process of focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others called?
Encoding
Memory
Perception
Attention
What is the term for the cognitive bias where people overestimate their ability to predict an outcome that could not have been predicted?
Confirmation bias
Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
What is the term for the phenomenon where exposure to one stimulus influences the response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention?
Rehearsal
Chunking
Priming
Encoding
What is the term for the cognitive bias where people focus on information that confirms their preconceptions?
Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Hindsight bias
Availability heuristic
Which type of memory is responsible for storing information about how to perform different actions and skills?
Procedural memory
Working memory
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
What is the term for the mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events?
Emotion
Intelligence
Cognition
Perception
What is the term for the phenomenon where people tend to remember information better when it is presented in a meaningful context?
Encoding specificity principle
Contextual effect
Context-dependent memory
Semantic effect
What is the term for the ability to recall information without any cues or prompts?
Recognition
Recall
Recollection
Retrieval
What is the term for the phenomenon where people are more likely to remember information that is presented first in a sequence?
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Serial position effect
Chunking effect
Which cognitive process involves focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others?
Intelligence
Attention
Memory
Perception
What is the term for the mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind?
Hindsight bias
Confirmation bias
Anchoring bias
Availability heuristic
What is the term for the phenomenon where people are more likely to remember the last items in a sequence?
Serial position effect
Recency effect
Chunking effect
Primacy effect
Which type of memory is responsible for storing personal experiences and specific events in time?
Working memory
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Procedural memory
What is the term for the phenomenon where people are more likely to remember the first items in a sequence?
Serial position effect
Recency effect
Primacy effect
Chunking effect
Which of the following is an example of semantic memory?
Remembering your first day at school.
Feeling happy when you hear a song.
Knowing the capital of France.
Riding a bicycle.
Which type of memory is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing?
Semantic memory
Episodic memory
Procedural memory
Working memory
