GRE Subject 2026 Practice Test Psychology Learning and Memory Free Quiz 1

1. What is learning?

A. Relatively permanent change due to experience B. Instinct C. Maturation D. Reflex

2. What type of learning involves a neutral stimulus becoming associated with a response?

A. Operant conditioning B. Observational learning C. Classical conditioning D. Cognitive learning

3. What stimulus naturally elicits a response without prior learning?

A. Conditioned stimulus B. Unconditioned stimulus C. Neutral stimulus D. Conditioned response

4. What does reinforcement do to a behavior?

A. Decreases B. No effect C. Increases D. Eliminates

5. What involves adding a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior?

A. Negative reinforcement B. Punishment C. Extinction D. Positive reinforcement

6. What involves removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior?

A. Positive reinforcement B. Negative reinforcement C. Punishment D. Extinction

7. What involves adding an unpleasant stimulus to decrease behavior?

A. Negative punishment B. Reinforcement C. Positive punishment D. Extinction

8. What involves removing a pleasant stimulus to decrease behavior?

A. Positive punishment B. Reinforcement C. Negative reinforcement D. Negative punishment

9. What type of learning involves watching others?

A. Classical conditioning B. Observational learning C. Operant conditioning D. Latent learning

10. What is the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information?

A. Learning B. Forgetting C. Memory D. Perception