Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 109 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Notice, store, recall): Three steps, in order: notice it → store it → recall it. If you never noticed it, it was never stored. Facts: practice improves memory, we forget without review, sleep helps you learn, pictures stick better, testing yourself helps. Myths: “some kids never forget”, “memory can’t improve”, “one reading is enough”, “pills give super memory”.

1. 1.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) sleep helps you learn
3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
6. 6.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) random letters
7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
10. 10.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) yes, with good methods (c) only with pills (d) only for adults
11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
12. 12.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) bringing it back to mind (b) reading it again (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
15. 15.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) not paying attention (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
16. 16.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
26. 26.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) one reading is enough
29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
30. 30.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) attention comes first (c) testing yourself helps (d) good memory is just luck
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
37. 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
38. 38.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) pills give super memory (c) one reading is enough (d) cramming lasts for years

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