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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 271 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  2. 2.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) only with pills (d) yes, with good methods
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
  10. 10.🧠 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
  11. 11.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) testing yourself helps
  13. 13.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
  15. 15.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one reading is enough (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) pills give super memory
  19. 19.🧠 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
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) cramming lasts for years (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) you keep all you read
  23. 23.🧠 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
  24. 24.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) we forget without review
  27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  29. 29.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  34. 34.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) cramming lasts for years (d) good memory is just luck
  36. 36.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practice improves memory (b) sleep helps you learn (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a number read once (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
  40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve

Answer key

  1. notice it
  2. yes, with good methods
  3. a fact
  4. step 2
  5. a myth
  6. a fact
  7. pay attention
  8. pictures stick better
  9. we forget without review
  10. not paying attention
  11. False
  12. good memory is just luck
  13. True
  14. pay attention
  15. True
  16. True
  17. you keep all you read
  18. we forget without review
  19. keep it in memory
  20. cramming lasts for years
  21. pay attention
  22. testing yourself helps
  23. keep it in memory
  24. step 3
  25. a fact
  26. some kids never forget
  27. step 1
  28. everyone forgets things
  29. False
  30. a myth
  31. everyone forgets things
  32. notice it
  33. pay attention
  34. step 2
  35. meaning makes it stick
  36. False
  37. you keep all you read
  38. a fact
  39. something you understand
  40. memory can’t improve

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