WorksheetsFor the Oldvader
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a concept in psychology?
a)
A step-by-step procedure for solving problems
b)
A cognitive bias that influences decisions
c)
A shortcut used to make judgments quickly
d)
A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
2.
A depth cue that requires the use of only one eye is known as:
a)
Triangular cues
b)
Binocular cues
c)
Monocular cues
d)
Retrieval cues
3.
What is a mental shortcut that helps people solve problems quickly but with more mistakes?
a)
Algorithm
b)
Heuristic
c)
Insight
d)
Accommodation
4.
A driver listens to music but remains focused on the road. This ability to concentrate on one task while filtering out distractions demonstrates:
a)
Subliminal priming
b)
Attention
c)
Encoding
d)
Short-term memory
5.
Which theory explains perception as a combination of past experiences and sensory input?
a)
Monocular cues
b)
Bottom-up processing
c)
Top-down processing
d)
Gestalt principles
6.
When one object partially blocks another, the blocked object appears farther away. What is this called?
a)
Relative Size
b)
Linear Perspective
c)
Interposition
d)
Relative Clarity
7.
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
(a)
8.
An organized whole. These psychologists emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes.
(a)
9.
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
(a)
10.
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
(a)
11.
A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem, regardless of speed.
(a)
12.
The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.
(a)
13.
Top-down processing is primarily guided by which of the following?
a)
Prior experiences
b)
Sensory inputs
c)
Neural responses
d)
Visual stimuli
14.
The cocktail party effect is an example of:
a)
Inattentional blindness.
b)
Change blindness.
c)
Selective attention.
d)
Divided attention.
15.
What score corresponds to the average performance on intelligence tests?
a)
100
b)
130
c)
70
d)
90
16.
How does accommodation differ from assimilation?
a)
Assimilation is used for problem-solving, while accommodation is not
b)
Accommodation prevents schemas from changing
c)
Assimilation modifies schemas, while accommodation does not
d)
Accommodation changes a schema, while assimilation does not
17.
The idea that a single overall mental capacity influences performance on various cognitive tasks is called:
a)
Creativity
b)
General Intelligence
c)
Specific Intelligence
d)
Divergent Thinking
18.
In a study, participants categorized unfamiliar birds faster when the birds closely resembled a common example from their memory. This effect demonstrates the use of a:
a)
Prototype
b)
Heuristic
c)
Memory Consolidation
d)
Mental Set
19.
Imagine meeting a tall, athletic person and assuming they must play basketball because they fit the stereotype. This best shows:
a)
Hindsight Bias
b)
Representativeness Heuristic
c)
Functional Fixedness
d)
Availability Heuristic
20.
In a study where participants were asked to list many uses for a common object, increases in the number of ideas generated demonstrated improvements in:
a)
Divergent Thinking
b)
Selective Attention
c)
Convergent Thinking
d)
Short-term Memory
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