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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 157 · 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.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
  2. 2.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  6. 6.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) yes, with good methods (c) only for adults (d) only with pills
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  13. 13.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) writing it neatly
  14. 14.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  17. 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  18. 18.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) you keep all you read (d) meaning makes it stick
  23. 23.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  29. 29.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, by staring hard (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, in a week
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) practice improves memory (d) attention comes first
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) attention comes first
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) some kids never forget (d) sleep helps you learn
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  38. 38.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. we forget without review
  2. a fact
  3. pay attention
  4. a fact
  5. step 2
  6. yes, with good methods
  7. a myth
  8. practice improves memory
  9. notice it
  10. a myth
  11. a fact
  12. memory can’t improve
  13. bringing it back to mind
  14. False
  15. something you understand
  16. a fact
  17. you keep all you read
  18. True
  19. True
  20. a myth
  21. False
  22. meaning makes it stick
  23. True
  24. we never reviewed them
  25. a fact
  26. everyone forgets things
  27. step 1
  28. step 3
  29. no, that is a myth
  30. cramming lasts for years
  31. keep it in memory
  32. a myth
  33. a fact
  34. attention comes first
  35. everyone forgets things
  36. some kids never forget
  37. we forget without review
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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