Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 272 · 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 step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
2. 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) we forget without review (c) everyone forgets things (d) you keep all you read
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) we forget without review (d) attention comes first
5. 5.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
6. 6.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
10. 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
12. 12.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
14. 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) some kids never forget
18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
21. 21.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
24. 24.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) some kids never forget (c) practice improves memory (d) everyone forgets things
28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
29. 29.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) attention comes first
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better
31. 31.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
33. 33.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) we forget without review (d) one reading is enough
34. 34.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) pills give super memory
37. 37.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) meaning makes it stick (c) one reading is enough (d) some kids never forget
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) sleep helps you learn
40. 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) pictures stick better

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