Practice Exam
Applied Cognitive Psychology
This is a practice exam I made myself in Semester 2 of 2023/2024 that covers scientific literature
and lectures. The first 42 questions are multiple choice, and the last 12 are open questions. The
MC questions are divided by lecture. They are made as realistic as possible and are a good way
to test your knowledge. The answers can be found at the bottom of the docuMent. Don’t hesitate
to contact me for any questions and good luck with studying!
,Lecture 1
1.To what concept of cognitive applied psychology does this definition refer to:
“methods to evaluate the quality of the interaction between they user and the environment”
A) Indicators
B) Factors
C) Goals
D) Manipulation
2. According to Wickens & Carswell, what is not an approach to information processing?
A) Stage approach
B) Ecological approach
C) Selective approach
D) Cognitive ergonomics
3. Which statement is false? (Wickens & Carswell)
A) Selective attention can be described as the influence of salience, expectancy, value, and
effort
B) Making sources easy to discriminate from each other allow operators to divide the world
into meaningful components and make it easier to maintain attention
C) Visual search is a form of bottom-up processing
D) Geometric illusions arise when we are more interested in determining the properties of a
stimulus rather than identifying and categorizing them
4. Which statement is true? (Wickens & Carswell)
A. Situational awareness has three levels; perception, understanding, and projection
B. In skilled-based behavior, an operator works in a highly complex environment with a
great deal of uncertainty
C. Practice cannot provide the operator with an accurate sense of expectancy, but can bias
the operator into believing it does
, D. All of the above
Lecture 2
5. What was a finding of Park & Lin’s (2020) study about sustainable consumption?
A) A purchase gap was observed for both recycled and upcycled products
B) The degree of self-expressiveness a product allowed impacted both the intention of
buying and the purchase itself
C) Both A & B are correct
D) Neither A & B are correct
6. According to the article Freitas Netto et al (2020) , what type
of greenwashing would this following ad have? →
A) Claim greenwashing
B) Executive greenwashing
C) Both claim and executive greenwashing
D) Neither claim and executive greenwashing
7. According to the study by Beyne (2020) about implementing sustainability in firms, at
which stage is it most important to have active stakeholder management and take the
guiding principles of agenda 2030 into consideration?
A) Inform
B) Active
C) Innovative
D) Transformation
8. What are the three pillars of sustainability? (Lecture 2)
A) Society, Environment, and Economics
B) Recycling, upcycling, and innovation
C) Durability, viability, responsibility
D) Equity, Equality, and Environment
Applied Cognitive Psychology
This is a practice exam I made myself in Semester 2 of 2023/2024 that covers scientific literature
and lectures. The first 42 questions are multiple choice, and the last 12 are open questions. The
MC questions are divided by lecture. They are made as realistic as possible and are a good way
to test your knowledge. The answers can be found at the bottom of the docuMent. Don’t hesitate
to contact me for any questions and good luck with studying!
,Lecture 1
1.To what concept of cognitive applied psychology does this definition refer to:
“methods to evaluate the quality of the interaction between they user and the environment”
A) Indicators
B) Factors
C) Goals
D) Manipulation
2. According to Wickens & Carswell, what is not an approach to information processing?
A) Stage approach
B) Ecological approach
C) Selective approach
D) Cognitive ergonomics
3. Which statement is false? (Wickens & Carswell)
A) Selective attention can be described as the influence of salience, expectancy, value, and
effort
B) Making sources easy to discriminate from each other allow operators to divide the world
into meaningful components and make it easier to maintain attention
C) Visual search is a form of bottom-up processing
D) Geometric illusions arise when we are more interested in determining the properties of a
stimulus rather than identifying and categorizing them
4. Which statement is true? (Wickens & Carswell)
A. Situational awareness has three levels; perception, understanding, and projection
B. In skilled-based behavior, an operator works in a highly complex environment with a
great deal of uncertainty
C. Practice cannot provide the operator with an accurate sense of expectancy, but can bias
the operator into believing it does
, D. All of the above
Lecture 2
5. What was a finding of Park & Lin’s (2020) study about sustainable consumption?
A) A purchase gap was observed for both recycled and upcycled products
B) The degree of self-expressiveness a product allowed impacted both the intention of
buying and the purchase itself
C) Both A & B are correct
D) Neither A & B are correct
6. According to the article Freitas Netto et al (2020) , what type
of greenwashing would this following ad have? →
A) Claim greenwashing
B) Executive greenwashing
C) Both claim and executive greenwashing
D) Neither claim and executive greenwashing
7. According to the study by Beyne (2020) about implementing sustainability in firms, at
which stage is it most important to have active stakeholder management and take the
guiding principles of agenda 2030 into consideration?
A) Inform
B) Active
C) Innovative
D) Transformation
8. What are the three pillars of sustainability? (Lecture 2)
A) Society, Environment, and Economics
B) Recycling, upcycling, and innovation
C) Durability, viability, responsibility
D) Equity, Equality, and Environment
