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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 397 · 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: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) attention comes first (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
  4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
  5. 5.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) pills give super memory (d) memory can’t improve
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or store it? (a) notice it (b) store it
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  12. 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  13. 13.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) testing yourself helps (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  14. 14.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  17. 17.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) writing it neatly (b) forgetting it (c) bringing it back to mind (d) reading it again
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) sleep helps you learn (d) memory can’t improve
  20. 20.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) attention comes first (d) practice improves memory
  22. 22.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) meaning makes it stick
  24. 24.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  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: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
  32. 32.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) no, never (c) only for adults (d) yes, with good methods
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  34. 34.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  35. 35.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  37. 37.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) not paying attention (c) names can’t be learned (d) your brain is full
  38. 38.🧠 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
  39. 39.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2

Answer key

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

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