Crash Course Psychology #15: Cognition (How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray…

Fifteen short-answer questions accompany the Crash Course Psychology cognition episode, walking students from a basic definition of cognition through concepts, prototypes, problem-solving strategies, and the framing effect on risk perception.

Year groups: Years 8–13
Pages: 2
File type: Zip

Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject: Psychology, Social Studies
Topic: Psychology, Crash Course
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables

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Crash Course Psychology Video Worksheet: Cognition - How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You\nThis informative worksheet accompanies the Crash Course Psychology video that explores the complex topic of cognition. Students will learn how the mind forms concepts and prototypes, as well as common cognitive biases like prejudice, confirmation bias, and mental sets. The video and worksheet cover problem-solving techniques like algorithms and heuristics and the neuroscience behind cognition. With 15 critical thinking questions that prompt students to analyze the video content, this worksheet is a valuable companion resource for the popular Crash Course video series. Presented in an engaging workbook format that works well for in-class assignments or independent learning, it encourages students to actively process each cognitive psychology concept introduced in the video.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Define cognition and describe the mental processes it involves.
Distinguish between algorithms and heuristics as problem-solving strategies, with an example of each.
Explain how the framing of a risk (e.g., survival rate vs. death rate) can change how people perceive that risk.
Identify how concepts and prototypes can lead to prejudice when new information doesn't match an existing prototype.

Teaching tips

Play the linked Crash Course Psychology video and pause at the relevant point for each question, since all 15 prompts follow the video in sequence.
Use the separate teacher answer key to check that student responses capture the same core idea, since answers are short written responses rather than fill-in-the-blank recall.
Because the worksheet is an editable Word document, adjust individual question wording to match your class's reading level before printing.

Skills covered

Cognitive-concept vocabulary — students define cognition, concepts, and prototypes and explain how each shapes thinking (questions 1, 5, 6).
Comparative reasoning — question 10 asks students to distinguish algorithms from heuristics as two different problem-solving approaches.
Framing-effect analysis — question 15 asks students to explain how identical risk information, framed differently, changes perception.
Video-based note-taking — all 15 questions require students to extract and restate information presented in the linked video.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

How closely do the worksheet questions follow the video's order?

Each of the 15 questions maps to a specific point in the episode, from cognition's definition (question 1) through the framing-effect example on risk (question 15), so the worksheet can be used as a guided-viewing companion.

What examples does the teacher guide give for algorithms and heuristics?

It uses following a recipe as an algorithm example and searching a store's Asian or condiment sections for Sriracha as a heuristic example (questions 12-13).

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Cognition
Concepts and prototypes
Problem-solving strategies
Framing effect

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