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Quiz about Cognitive Psychology
Quiz about Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology Trivia Quiz


This is a quiz about the world of cognitive psychology particularly focusing on theories of memory.

A multiple-choice quiz by babyx. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
babyx
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
176,475
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
4834
Last 3 plays: Guest 146 (8/10), droconia11 (5/10), Guest 175 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What does cognitive psychology investigate? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who suggested the theory of "The multi-store model of memory"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. According to George Miller, what is the capacity of the short term memory? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of these theories of forgetting was put forward by Freud? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What do cognitive psychologists compare the mind to? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. According to the levels of processing model, words which have meaning will be processed on the deepest level.


Question 7 of 10
7. Which profession is cognitive psychology particularly useful in helping? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. When listening to a list of words, what does the serial position effect say you are most likely to remember? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. False memory syndrome is important as an objection to which theory of forgetting? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. When you have a memory of something that has happened a long time ago but it is as clear as yesterday this is known as urgent memory.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What does cognitive psychology investigate?

Answer: Mental processes

The cognitive approach focuses on the effect that the cognitive patterns of the mind have on our behaviour. These include thinking, memory and perception. The learning approach focuses on observable behaviour, the psychodynamic on the unconscious mind and the social approach on the effect that others have on our behaviour.
2. Who suggested the theory of "The multi-store model of memory"?

Answer: Atkinson and Shiffrin

Atkinson and Shiffrin suggested that the mind has three different stores: the sensory store, the short term memory and the long term memory.
3. According to George Miller, what is the capacity of the short term memory?

Answer: 5-9 items

In 1957 George Miller said that the capacity of the short term memory store is "the magical number 7, plus or minus 2".
4. Which of these theories of forgetting was put forward by Freud?

Answer: Repression

Repression is the theory that a person pushes a memory into the unconscious mind because it is too painful to remember.
5. What do cognitive psychologists compare the mind to?

Answer: A Computer

There are many similarities between the human mind and a computer. They both process information and have memories. They also both have outputs.
6. According to the levels of processing model, words which have meaning will be processed on the deepest level.

Answer: True

This is known as semantic processing. The theory was put forward in 1972 by Craik and Lockhart.
7. Which profession is cognitive psychology particularly useful in helping?

Answer: Police

This approach can help improve eyewitness testimony by reducing things such as leading questions and improving the memory of a witness.
8. When listening to a list of words, what does the serial position effect say you are most likely to remember?

Answer: The start and the end

The serial position effect suggests that the beginning of the list will be remembered because these words have had time to be rehearsed (the primacy effect) and the end will be remembered because these were heard the most recently and are still in the short term memory (the recency effect).
9. False memory syndrome is important as an objection to which theory of forgetting?

Answer: Repression

False memory syndrome is where someone remembers something in therapy which they believe is a memory that they have repressed but it actually never happened.
10. When you have a memory of something that has happened a long time ago but it is as clear as yesterday this is known as urgent memory.

Answer: False

This is known as flashbulb memory. It often happens at the time someone hears of a major event. For example: it is likely everyone will remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard of the events of 9/11.
Source: Author babyx

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