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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 315 · 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: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pictures stick better (c) pills give super memory (d) one reading is enough
  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) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
  4. 4.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  5. 5.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) sleep helps you learn (d) pictures stick better
  8. 8.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
  10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) practice improves memory
  12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) everyone forgets things
  13. 13.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  14. 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) testing yourself helps (c) sleep helps you learn (d) we forget without review
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) you keep all you read (d) some kids never forget
  17. 17.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  19. 19.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
  20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) we forget without review (d) you keep all you read
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
  23. 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) practice improves memory (d) cramming lasts for years
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  28. 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) everyone forgets things
  29. 29.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  31. 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  32. 32.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or keep it in memory? (a) pay attention (b) keep it in memory
  33. 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  34. 34.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) we forget without review (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  38. 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) memory can’t improve
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) meaning makes it stick (d) testing yourself helps
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

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

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