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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 213 · 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 myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  3. 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  4. 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  5. 5.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  7. 7.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  8. 8.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) yes, with good methods
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  13. 13.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) forgetting it (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) everyone forgets things (d) some kids never forget
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) practice improves memory (d) pills give super memory
  19. 19.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  21. 21.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) good memory is just luck
  25. 25.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  27. 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) cramming lasts for years (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) some kids never forget (d) practice improves memory
  29. 29.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 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
  32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  34. 34.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) cramming lasts for years (d) practice improves memory
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) attention comes first

Answer key

  1. memory can’t improve
  2. store it
  3. notice it
  4. store it
  5. True
  6. store it
  7. a fact
  8. False
  9. testing yourself helps
  10. a myth
  11. yes, with good methods
  12. step 2
  13. bringing it back to mind
  14. step 3
  15. a myth
  16. some kids never forget
  17. step 3
  18. pills give super memory
  19. False
  20. step 1
  21. False
  22. cramming lasts for years
  23. a fact
  24. we forget without review
  25. pictures stick better
  26. keep it in memory
  27. meaning makes it stick
  28. some kids never forget
  29. a fact
  30. a fact
  31. not paying attention
  32. a fact
  33. keep it in memory
  34. True
  35. pills give super memory
  36. practice improves memory
  37. notice it
  38. a fact
  39. a fact
  40. attention comes first

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