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Cognitive Psychology Mastery Quiz

Cognitive Psychology

Test your knowledge of foundational concepts in Cognitive Psychology, focusing on well-established facts.

memory attention problem-solving language perception

10 Questions Hard Ages 16+ Aug 8, 2026

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1 Which memory store is characterized by its extremely limited capacity and brief duration, often described as holding sensory information for a fraction of a second?

A Semantic Memory
B Episodic Memory
C Sensory Memory
D Working Memory

2 The phenomenon where recalling information is easier when the retrieval context matches the encoding context is known as:

A Encoding Specificity Principle
B Levels of Processing
C Spreading Activation
D Chunking

3 According to Baddeley's model of working memory, which component is responsible for the temporary storage and manipulation of visual and spatial information?

A Phonological Loop
B Central Executive
C Episodic Buffer
D Visuospatial Sketchpad

4 The 'tip-of-the-tongue' phenomenon, where an individual feels they know a word but cannot retrieve it, is most closely associated with failures in which type of memory retrieval?

A Procedural Memory
B Semantic Memory
C Episodic Memory
D Implicit Memory

5 Which cognitive bias describes the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the "anchor") when making decisions?

A Confirmation Bias
B Availability Heuristic
C Anchoring Bias
D Hindsight Bias

6 The Stroop effect, where the naming of a color is slowed down when it is presented in the ink color of a different word (e.g., the word 'RED' printed in blue ink), demonstrates interference between which two cognitive processes?

A Attention and perception
B Reading and color naming
C Memory and retrieval
D Problem-solving and decision-making

7 What is the primary function of the 'phonological loop' in Baddeley's model of working memory?

A Processing visual information
B Maintaining and manipulating auditory information
C Integrating information from different modalities
D Controlling attentional resources

8 Which theory of attention proposes that information is filtered based on its physical characteristics before semantic processing occurs?

A Broadbent's Filter Model
B Treisman's Attenuation Model
C Deutsch & Deutsch's Late Selection Model
D Posner's Spotlight Model

9 The ability to recognize a familiar face even when viewed from a different angle or under different lighting conditions is an example of:

A Top-down processing
B Bottom-up processing
C Perceptual constancy
D Gestalt principles

10 The concept of 'encoding failure' suggests that forgetting can occur because information never made it into long-term memory. This is most relevant to which aspect of memory?

A Retrieval
B Consolidation
C Encoding
D Reconstruction

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