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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

Answer key

  1. yes, with good methods
  2. notice, store, recall
  3. False
  4. step 3
  5. step 1
  6. you keep all you read
  7. True
  8. step 2
  9. we never reviewed them
  10. not paying attention
  11. some kids never forget
  12. store it
  13. meaning makes it stick
  14. False
  15. a myth
  16. a myth
  17. step 1
  18. memory can’t improve
  19. keep it in memory
  20. False
  21. notice it
  22. notice it
  23. False
  24. cramming lasts for years
  25. a fact
  26. notice it
  27. pictures stick better
  28. attention comes first
  29. a myth
  30. True
  31. pictures stick better
  32. a myth
  33. a fact
  34. pay attention
  35. a myth
  36. sleep helps you learn
  37. pills give super memory
  38. False
  39. step 2
  40. store it

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