Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 237 · 40 questions

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”.

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

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