GRE Subject 2026 Practice Test Psychology Learning and Memory Free Quiz 2

11. What is the second stage of memory?

A. Encoding B. Storage C. Retrieval D. Forgetting

12. What is the third stage of memory?

A. Retrieval B. Encoding C. Storage D. Consolidation

13. What model includes sensory, short-term, and long-term memory?

A. Working B. Episodic C. Sensory, short-term, long-term D. Semantic

14. What memory system actively holds and manipulates information?

A. Sensory memory B. Short-term memory C. Long-term memory D. Working memory

15. What technique involves relating new information to existing knowledge?

A. Maintenance rehearsal B. Rote rehearsal C. Elaborative rehearsal D. Repetition

16. What is the process of grouping information into meaningful units?

A. Encoding B. Retrieval C. Storage D. Chunking

17. What are memory aids that use imagery or associations?

A. Schemas B. Mnemonics C. Heuristics D. Biases

18. What is a deficit in memory?

A. Amnesia B. Dementia C. Alzheimer's disease D. Korsakoff's

19. What type of amnesia affects the ability to form new memories?

A. Retrograde B. Infantile C. Source D. Anterograde

20. What brain structure is critical for forming new memories?

A. Amygdala B. Hippocampus C. Cerebellum D. Prefrontal cortex