IGCSE Psychology MCQ Practice 50Qs

Which memory store holds information for a very short time immediately after a stimulus is presented?

• Short-term memory

• Sensory memory

• Long-term memory

• Episodic memory

Which characteristic best describes short-term memory?

• Unlimited capacity

• Long duration

• Limited capacity

• Permanent storage

Information can move from short-term memory to long-term memory through:

• perception

• rehearsal

• sensation

• conditioning

Which type of long-term memory stores facts and general knowledge?

• Procedural memory

• Episodic memory

• Semantic memory

• Sensory memory

Forgetting in short-term memory most often occurs because:

• memories are erased immediately

• information is not rehearsed

• memories are permanently stored

• perception fails

Which situation best demonstrates procedural memory?

• remembering a birthday

• recalling a vocabulary word

• riding a bicycle

• recognizing a face

Which brain structure plays an important role in memory formation?

• cerebellum

• hippocampus

• medulla

• brainstem

Damage to the hippocampus would most likely affect:

• breathing

• new memory formation

• balance

• reflexes

When a student repeats information many times to remember it, this process is called:

• perception

• rehearsal

• sensation

• encoding failure

A person remembers where they parked their car yesterday. This is an example of:

• episodic memory

• semantic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory