Cognitive Psychology Quiz

Test your knowledge of cognitive psychology with this memory-focused quiz covering key concepts and influential figures. How much do you know?

#1

What is the main focus of cognitive psychology?

Studying the relationship between brain structures and behavior
Examining how people perceive, think, and remember
Analyzing the impact of emotions on decision-making
Investigating the influence of genetics on cognitive abilities
#2

Which term refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring, storing, and using knowledge?

Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive development
Cognitive functioning
Cognitive psychology
#3

In classical conditioning, what is the term for a stimulus that naturally triggers a response?

Unconditioned stimulus
Conditioned stimulus
Unconditioned response
Conditioned response
#4

Who conducted the famous 'Little Albert' experiment, demonstrating classical conditioning in humans?

B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
Ivan Pavlov
Albert Bandura
#5

Which term refers to the mental process of bringing previously learned information back into conscious awareness?

Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
Consolidation
#6

What type of memory involves remembering specific events or experiences?

Procedural memory
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Implicit memory
#7

Who proposed the stages of cognitive development theory?

John Watson
Lev Vygotsky
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
#8

Who proposed the Information Processing Model of memory?

Jean Piaget
B.F. Skinner
William James
Atkinson and Shiffrin
#9

Which theory suggests that memory is like a computer and involves encoding, storage, and retrieval processes?

Levels of Processing Model
Dual-process theory
Connectionist model
Information Processing Model
#10

Which psychologist is known for proposing the theory of multiple intelligences?

Jean Piaget
Albert Bandura
Howard Gardner
Lev Vygotsky
#11

Which concept describes the tendency to rely on mental shortcuts or rules of thumb when making judgments or decisions?

Confirmation bias
Heuristic
Operant conditioning
Cognitive dissonance
#12

Who is considered the father of modern cognitive psychology?

Jean Piaget
William James
Ulric Neisser
John B. Watson
#13

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which stage do children develop object permanence?

Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage
#14

Which cognitive bias involves the tendency to favor information that confirms preexisting beliefs or hypotheses?

Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic
Anchoring bias
Fundamental attribution error
#15

What is the term for the tendency to remember items at the beginning and end of a list better than those in the middle?

Recency effect
Serial position effect
Primacy effect
Spaced repetition effect
#16

What is the term for the phenomenon where old information interferes with the recall of new information?

Retroactive interference
Proactive interference
Retrieval failure
Encoding specificity
#17

Which phenomenon occurs when individuals overestimate their ability to recall information accurately?

Source amnesia
False memory
Overconfidence
Misinformation effect
#18

Which term describes the tendency to remember information better when it is encountered repeatedly over time?

Context-dependent memory
Serial position effect
Spaced repetition
Primacy effect
#19

According to the dual-process theory of reasoning, what are the two types of cognitive processes involved in decision-making?

Automatic and controlled
Conscious and unconscious
System 1 and System 2
Heuristic and algorithmic

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