Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

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

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