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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 67 · 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: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
  2. 2.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
  3. 3.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
  5. 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  6. 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
  7. 7.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) pills give super memory (d) pictures stick better
  9. 9.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  11. 11.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) some kids never forget (b) memory can’t improve (c) good memory is just luck (d) practice improves memory
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) everyone forgets things (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) you keep all you read (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
  15. 15.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  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.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  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.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  23. 23.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) pictures stick better (d) you keep all you read
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  27. 27.🧠 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
  28. 28.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  30. 30.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) everyone forgets things (d) pills give super memory
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
  32. 32.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pictures stick better (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) everyone forgets things (d) practice improves memory
  35. 35.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  36. 36.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
  37. 37.🧠 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
  38. 38.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) some kids never forget (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
  40. 40.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact

Answer key

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

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