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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 296 · 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: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.🧠 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
  3. 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  6. 6.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  9. 9.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  10. 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) learning is useless
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) you keep all you read (c) we forget without review (d) everyone forgets things
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) meaning makes it stick
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) one reading is enough (d) everyone forgets things
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  16. 16.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  19. 19.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) attention comes first (d) cramming lasts for years
  20. 20.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) no, never (c) yes, with good methods (d) only with pills
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  22. 22.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  24. 24.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
  26. 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  28. 28.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) practice improves memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) practice improves memory (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) testing yourself helps
  33. 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  34. 34.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  36. 36.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
  37. 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  38. 38.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) pictures stick better (d) everyone forgets things
  39. 39.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve

Answer key

  1. keep it in memory
  2. keep it in memory
  3. step 3
  4. a myth
  5. step 2
  6. a myth
  7. step 2
  8. step 3
  9. pay attention
  10. we never reviewed them
  11. you keep all you read
  12. pills give super memory
  13. a fact
  14. one reading is enough
  15. keep it in memory
  16. True
  17. a fact
  18. a fact
  19. cramming lasts for years
  20. yes, with good methods
  21. a fact
  22. False
  23. a fact
  24. True
  25. no, that is a myth
  26. store it
  27. keep it in memory
  28. False
  29. practice improves memory
  30. practice improves memory
  31. step 1
  32. testing yourself helps
  33. step 1
  34. something you understand
  35. pay attention
  36. not paying attention
  37. a fact
  38. memory can’t improve
  39. False
  40. testing yourself helps

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