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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 178 · 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) you keep all you read (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) cramming lasts for years
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) we forget without review
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  6. 6.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) sleep helps you learn (c) some kids never forget (d) good memory is just luck
  9. 9.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) memory can’t improve (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) we forget without review (d) memory can’t improve
  17. 17.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) pills give super memory
  21. 21.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) practice improves memory (d) attention comes first
  26. 26.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only for adults (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  27. 27.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) some kids never forget
  32. 32.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  34. 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  35. 35.🧠 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
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or get it back later? (a) keep it in memory (b) get it back later
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) we forget without review (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pills give super memory

Answer key

  1. testing yourself helps
  2. step 2
  3. pay attention
  4. we forget without review
  5. store it
  6. notice, store, recall
  7. a myth
  8. sleep helps you learn
  9. not paying attention
  10. step 1
  11. store it
  12. step 2
  13. keep it in memory
  14. practice improves memory
  15. a fact
  16. memory can’t improve
  17. True
  18. something you understand
  19. notice it
  20. pictures stick better
  21. step 3
  22. a fact
  23. True
  24. notice it
  25. good memory is just luck
  26. yes, with good methods
  27. True
  28. True
  29. a myth
  30. attention comes first
  31. we forget without review
  32. False
  33. step 1
  34. store it
  35. keep it in memory
  36. everyone forgets things
  37. a fact
  38. keep it in memory
  39. a myth
  40. pills give super memory

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