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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 275 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  3. 3.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  5. 5.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) learning is useless (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) one reading is enough (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
  9. 9.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) you are bad at names (c) your brain is full (d) names can’t be learned
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  13. 13.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  16. 16.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) you keep all you read (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  21. 21.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) writing it neatly (c) bringing it back to mind (d) forgetting it
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
  23. 23.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) good memory is just luck
  25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  26. 26.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) attention comes first
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  30. 30.🧠 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
  31. 31.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) everyone forgets things (c) we forget without review (d) pills give super memory
  33. 33.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  34. 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  36. 36.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
  39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) cramming lasts for years (c) meaning makes it stick (d) good memory is just luck

Answer key

  1. a fact
  2. step 2
  3. False
  4. we forget without review
  5. we never reviewed them
  6. step 3
  7. attention comes first
  8. everyone forgets things
  9. False
  10. store it
  11. not paying attention
  12. step 1
  13. True
  14. pay attention
  15. testing yourself helps
  16. you keep all you read
  17. a fact
  18. a fact
  19. False
  20. notice it
  21. bringing it back to mind
  22. notice it
  23. True
  24. good memory is just luck
  25. step 3
  26. True
  27. a fact
  28. cramming lasts for years
  29. store it
  30. keep it in memory
  31. a myth
  32. pills give super memory
  33. notice it
  34. memory can’t improve
  35. pay attention
  36. False
  37. a myth
  38. store it
  39. keep it in memory
  40. meaning makes it stick

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