Free Cognitive Psychology MCQs with Answers
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- A. just noticeable difference
- B. relative threshold
- C. absolute threshold
- D. detection threshold
Explanation: The just noticeable difference is the smallest change between two stimuli that a person can detect.
Correct answer: just noticeable difference- A. Connectedness
- B. interposition
- C. continuity
- D. closure
Explanation: The principle of connectedness makes elements that are physically linked or visually joined appear to form one unit.
Correct answer: Connectedness- A. texture gradient
- B. linear perspective
- C. light and shadow
- D. relative size
Explanation: Relative size is a depth cue: when otherwise similar objects are shown at different apparent sizes, the smaller ones are interpreted as…
Correct answer: relative size- A. binocular cue
- B. illusion
- C. organized whole
- D. perceptual adaption
Explanation: Gestalt means a structured or organized whole whose meaning depends on how its parts are arranged.
Correct answer: organized whole- A. Kineticism
- B. Impressionism
- C. Surrealism
- D. Cubism
Explanation: Cubist artists represented objects by breaking them into simple geometric forms and features, often showing several viewpoints at once.
Correct answer: Cubism- A. place theory
- B. frequency theory
- C. both place theory and frequency theory
- D. neither theory
Explanation: Place theory explains pitch especially well for high frequencies, while frequency theory explains the firing rate for lower frequencies.
Correct answer: both place theory and frequency theory- A. make a reasonably accurate estimate of the hill's slant, as most people do
- B. underestimate the hill's slant, as most people do
- C. Ooverestimate the hill's slant, but to a lesser degree than she would have before her exhausting run
- D. Overestimate the hill's slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run
Explanation: Proffitt's research found that effort and fatigue make hills appear steeper than they otherwise would, so Sanam would overestimate the…
Correct answer: Overestimate the hill's slant to an even greater degree than she would have before her exhausting run- A. not all cultures test perceptual hypotheses
- B. people in technologically advanced cultures are more gullible
- C. optical illusions can be experienced only by cultures that have been exposed to the concept of optical illusions
- D. perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience
Explanation: The Müller-Lyer illusion is weaker in groups with less experience of right-angled, carpentered environments, showing that perceptual…
Correct answer: perceptual inferences can be shaped by experience- A. Interposition
- B. texture gradient
- C. convergence
- D. linear perspective
Explanation: Linear perspective is the pictorial depth cue in which parallel lines appear to converge toward a distant vanishing point.
Correct answer: linear perspective- A. subtractive color mixing
- B. opponent process theory
- C. additive color mixing
- D. trichromatic theory
Explanation: Opponent-process theory pairs red with green, blue with yellow, and white with black, so an American flag's red, blue, and white areas can…
Correct answer: opponent process theory191. Attention refers to:
- A. Attend to an activity
- B. Respond to the signs coming from the outside
- C. Produce harmony between stimulus and response
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Attention involves directing mental activity toward relevant stimuli, responding to important signals, and coordinating stimulus with…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. inner condition
- B. Observable
- C. Social condition
- D. Emotional condition
Explanation: Cognitive psychologists explain learning through internal mental conditions such as attention, memory, interpretation, and…
Correct answer: inner condition- A. Cognition
- B. Personality
- C. Measurement
- D. Aptitude
Explanation: Cognition refers to mental activities involved in acquiring and using knowledge, including thinking, remembering, reasoning, and…
Correct answer: Cognition- A. Cannot be memorized
- B. Can be remembered till long
- C. Can easily be forgotten
- D. Are a source of fun for children
Explanation: Disordered material lacks meaningful connections and organisation, so it is harder to encode and is forgotten more easily.
Correct answer: Can easily be forgotten- A. Recency effect
- B. Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
- C. Wernicke's aphasia
- D. Acquired dyslexia
- E. Broca's aphasia
Explanation: The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon occurs when a person temporarily cannot retrieve a familiar word despite feeling that it is stored in…
Correct answer: Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon- A. Rationality is not absolute
- B. Experiments lack ecological validity
- C. Satisficing responses are rational responses
- D. People have limited time and data available
- E. All of the above
Explanation: Criticism of research showing poor reasoning includes limited time and information, rationality being judged too absolutely, satisficing…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Hindsight bias
- B. Intuition
- C. Availability heuristic
- D. Conditional reasoning
Explanation: Hindsight bias makes an outcome seem predictable and obvious after it has been revealed, even when it was not obvious beforehand.
Correct answer: Hindsight bias- A. Occurs automatically
- B. Fast analysis of information
- C. Strong feeling of conviction
- D. Logical analysis
Explanation: Intuitive reasoning is rapid, automatic, and often accompanied by a strong sense of confidence or conviction.
Correct answer: Logical analysis- A. People report that they did more than 50% of the work in domestic situations
- B. People tend to overestimate car accidents
- C. People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food
- D. People tend to underestimate death from diabetes
Explanation: The representativeness heuristic judges a cause by how closely it matches a familiar prototype, such as associating spicy food with…
Correct answer: People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food- A. 1 & 2
- B. 3 & 4
- C. 1 & 4
- D. 2 & 3
Explanation: Concrete, socially meaningful versions can be easier than the abstract Wason task, showing that reasoning is influenced by context.
Correct answer: 3 & 4