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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 196 · 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) one reading is enough (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) practice improves memory (c) pictures stick better (d) cramming lasts for years
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
  8. 8.🧠 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) pills give super memory
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
  14. 14.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  17. 17.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  27. 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  28. 28.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  29. 29.🧠 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
  30. 30.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) random letters
  31. 31.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) yes, with good methods
  32. 32.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  34. 34.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) meaning makes it stick
  39. 39.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
  40. 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later

Answer key

  1. pictures stick better
  2. cramming lasts for years
  3. a fact
  4. a fact
  5. memory can’t improve
  6. a myth
  7. pictures stick better
  8. we never reviewed them
  9. pills give super memory
  10. a fact
  11. step 1
  12. step 3
  13. some kids never forget
  14. False
  15. False
  16. step 2
  17. True
  18. attention comes first
  19. step 3
  20. a myth
  21. good memory is just luck
  22. a myth
  23. pay attention
  24. one reading is enough
  25. a myth
  26. pay attention
  27. you keep all you read
  28. notice, store, recall
  29. keep it in memory
  30. something you understand
  31. yes, with good methods
  32. practice improves memory
  33. step 1
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a fact
  37. a fact
  38. meaning makes it stick
  39. not paying attention
  40. pay attention

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