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Memory: Cognitive Explanations
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8 OCR GCSE Psychology questions on Memory: Cognitive Explanations, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

The store that can hold information for a lifetime is:

  1. echoic memory
  2. long-term memory
  3. short-term memory
  4. sensory memory
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✓ Answer: Blong-term memory
LTM has potentially unlimited duration.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 2/3

The three stages of memory are encoding, storage and:

  1. retrieval
  2. rehearsal only
  3. forgetting
  4. sensation
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✓ Answer: Aretrieval
Retrieval is the third stage.
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OCR GCSE Psychology: Memory: Cognitive Explanations FAQ

How many OCR GCSE Psychology questions on Memory: Cognitive Explanations are there on Kramizo?
Kramizo currently has 8 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Memory: Cognitive Explanations for OCR GCSE Psychology, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real OCR paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
Is Kramizo free for OCR GCSE students preparing for Psychology?
Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix Memory: Cognitive Explanations practice with other Psychology topics or even switch to a totally different OCR subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the Memory: Cognitive Explanations questions aligned to the official OCR GCSE Psychology syllabus?
Every question is written against the published OCR GCSE Psychology specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real OCR paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from OCR.
How is Memory: Cognitive Explanations typically tested on OCR GCSE Psychology papers?
Memory: Cognitive Explanations appears across multiple question types on real OCR GCSE Psychology papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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