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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 114 · 40 questions
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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”.

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

Answer key

  1. we never reviewed them
  2. yes, with good methods
  3. a fact
  4. step 3
  5. some kids never forget
  6. False
  7. True
  8. memory can’t improve
  9. everyone forgets things
  10. a myth
  11. store it
  12. pay attention
  13. pay attention
  14. a myth
  15. True
  16. bringing it back to mind
  17. a fact
  18. step 1
  19. a fact
  20. a myth
  21. attention comes first
  22. step 3
  23. store it
  24. store it
  25. a fact
  26. good memory is just luck
  27. a fact
  28. keep it in memory
  29. a myth
  30. keep it in memory
  31. False
  32. not paying attention
  33. notice, store, recall
  34. we forget without review
  35. some kids never forget
  36. False
  37. you keep all you read
  38. practice improves memory
  39. True
  40. step 1

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