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Memory Techniques Worksheet: How Memory Works

Memory techniques lesson 1: How memory works · Set 93 · 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: get it back later or pay attention? (a) get it back later (b) pay attention
  2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) sleep helps you learn
  4. 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
  5. 5.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
  6. 6.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) practice improves memory (d) good memory is just luck
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  8. 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  9. 9.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) everyone forgets things (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
  10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  11. 11.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
  12. 12.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  13. 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  14. 14.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or pay attention? (a) keep it in memory (b) pay attention
  16. 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) memory can’t improve (c) some kids never forget (d) testing yourself helps
  18. 18.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
  19. 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  20. 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) sleep helps you learn (d) attention comes first
  22. 22.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) pills give super memory
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) attention comes first (c) sleep helps you learn (d) everyone forgets things
  24. 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
  26. 26.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
  28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  29. 29.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  30. 30.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) some kids never forget
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) we forget without review (d) attention comes first
  33. 33.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  34. 34.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) practice improves memory (c) sleep helps you learn (d) you keep all you read
  37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  38. 38.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pills give super memory (c) some kids never forget (d) you keep all you read
  40. 40.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. pay attention
  2. pay attention
  3. cramming lasts for years
  4. step 2
  5. notice, store, recall
  6. practice improves memory
  7. memory can’t improve
  8. a fact
  9. memory can’t improve
  10. a fact
  11. we never reviewed them
  12. a fact
  13. a myth
  14. False
  15. pay attention
  16. a fact
  17. testing yourself helps
  18. something you understand
  19. a myth
  20. a myth
  21. cramming lasts for years
  22. everyone forgets things
  23. you keep all you read
  24. a fact
  25. pictures stick better
  26. False
  27. store it
  28. notice it
  29. step 1
  30. we forget without review
  31. some kids never forget
  32. one reading is enough
  33. a myth
  34. a fact
  35. not paying attention
  36. you keep all you read
  37. store it
  38. True
  39. testing yourself helps
  40. False

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