Course Exam 1 Learn To Learn
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Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to master difficult subjects (Learning How to
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Question 1
Select methods that can help you when you are trying to learn something new.
Bash your brain against the wall.
Stress
Analogy
Correct
Both metaphor and analogy are really useful when you are trying to learn something new. That
is why we use the analogy with a pinball machine when explaining the focused and fuzzy modes
of thinking.
Use focus and diffuse modes at the SAME TIME.
Metaphor
Correct
Both metaphor and analogy are really useful when you are trying to learn something new. That
is why we use the analogy with a pinball machine when explaining the focused and fuzzy modes
of thinking.
1 / 1 points
Question 2
Select the following true statements related to the Pomodoro technique.
Giving yourself a small reward at the end of your Pomodoro is an important part of the
Pomodoro technique.
Correct
True.
The Pomodoro technique involves working as hard as you can for the maximum amount of time
you can. You can take a break when you are mentally tired.
This should not be selected
False. In reality, the Pomodoro technique involves working for a limited amount of time.
While you are performing a "Pomodoro," you need to try to concentrate as intently as you can
on what you are working on.
Correct
True.
To use the Pomodoro technique, you need to make sure that, as far as possible, you remove all
distractions and temptations that could annoy or distract you during the time you are working.
0 / 1 point
Question 3
In __________ mode, the brain makes random connections in a relaxed manner.
fuzzy
dispersed
focused
weightlifting
Correct
1 / 1 points
Question 4
Select the following true statements regarding procrastination.
The Pomodoro technique is an effective way to deal with procrastination.
When you feel nervous discomfort about something you don't want to do, shifting your attention
to something more pleasurable can help you feel better, temporarily.
Correct
True.
Procrastination is an unusual problem.
Procrastination seems to involve an attempt to take your mental attention away from something
you find mildly painful.
Correct
True.
You didn't select all the correct answers
0 / 1 point
5.Question 5
One of the first videos described the difference between focused mode and diffuse mode.
According to this video, focused mode is related to (review everything concerning the concept of
focused mode only):
Problem-solving techniques, concepts and ideas that are somewhat familiar to you (your prior
knowledge lays a sort of underlying neural pathway that you tend to follow).
Correct
A way to draw upside down to focus on details, as discussed in detail in one of the videos.
A relaxed, illusion-like approach to problem solving.
This should not be selected
A relaxed, illusion-like approach to problem solving is associated with the "fuzzy mode," which is
actually a large set of neural states at rest.
A pinball machine that has stops grouped closely together so that the ball (the thought) cannot
go too far without colliding with another stop.
Correct
0 / 1 point
6.Question 6
Select the following true statements about sleep as discussed in the videos in this module.
Dreaming about something does not improve your ability to understand it.
When you sleep, brain cells contract, allowing toxins to be eliminated more easily.
Correct
True.
Sleeping has been shown to make a significant difference in the ability to solve difficult
problems and understand what you are trying to learn.
Correct
True
Taking a test without enough sleep means you are working with a brain that has little metabolic
toxins floating around in it (poisons that prevent you from being able to think clearly).
Correct
True.
It's better to be sleep deprived and cram what you can into your brain (you can usually rely on
your short-term adrenaline to get you through an exam).
1 / 1 points
7.Question 7
It takes time and practice to move new information from working memory to long-term memory.
To help accomplish this process, use the technique called _______________________.
Neurological thought patterns
Einstellung
Spaced repetition
Fuzzy mode
Focused mode
Correct
Right! Spaced repetition is repeating what you want to retain for a number of days. Practice over
several days makes a difference. Research has shown that if you repeat something on the
same night it will not set as much as when you leave gaps over a number of days, even if you
repeat it the same number of times.
1 / 1 points
Question 8
Select the following true statements about practice, based on the videos in this module.
Practice is less important for abstract ideas such as those in mathematics and science, because
it will kill your creativity.
Practice helps make memories more permanent.
Correct
True.
Generally, practice is not that important as long as you understand what is going on.
Neurons bind by repetitive utilization. The more abstract something is, the more important it is to
PRACTICE it so that you can bring these ideas to reality.
Correct
True.
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9.Question 9
Check the following activities that might be more suitable for stimulating the diffuse (rather than
the focused) mode:
Calculate the tip for the waiter in a restaurant.
Give detailed directions to your friends' apartment, where you have been many times before.
Dancing in a free and relaxed way, without concentrating on anything.
Correct
This is more likely to stimulate the diffuse mode.
Riding in the passenger seat of a car, looking absent-mindedly out the window while someone
else is driving.
Correct
This is more likely to stimulate the diffuse mode.
1 / 1 points
10.Question 10
Physical exercise (check all that are true):
You have been expelled from schools, and this is a good thing, because it allows you to have
more time for learning activities.
It is NOT a time for fuzzy thinking.
Helps improve your ability to learn and remember.
Correct
True.
Research shows that exercise appears to be as important as an enriched environment in
allowing the brain to grow new neurons and stay healthy.
Correct
True.
1 / 1 points
Question 11
Select statements that explain why math and science can sometimes be more challenging.
Mathematics and science involve abstract rather than concrete ideas.
Correct
Right! Ideas in mathematics and science can often be more challenging due to their abstract
nature.
Mathematics is not so directly related to the emotions we can feel.
Correct
Right! Our emotions are not related to math and science concepts as often as they are to other
disciplines. At times, this can make math and science more difficult to remember and
understand.
Mathematics and science generally involve concrete, not abstract, ideas.
In mathematics and science, it is sometimes difficult to find analogous real-life concepts to point
to (the abstract nature of a "+" symbol, for example, is not like the word cow, which is related to
an animal that you can point to directly).
Correct
Right! The absence of concrete analogies sometimes makes ideas in mathematics and science
more challenging.
The concepts of mathematics and science are closely related to our emotions.
1 / 1 points
12.Question 12
The __________ mode includes a straightforward approach to problem solving that uses
analytical, sequential and rational approaches. It is related to the concentration ability of the
brain's prefrontal cortex, located just behind your forehead.
focused
fuzzy
Dali
Correct
1 / 1 points
13.Question 13
According to Dr. Sejnowski's video, what happens in your brain while you sleep that helps you
remember new experiences?
Your brain goes out like a lamp.
Your brain forms new synapses (connections).
Your tiredness prompts your brain to reboot.
Dreams of electric sheep
Correct
1 / 1 points
14.Question 14
Select the true statements about the human brain.
Learning changes the structure of the brain.
Sleep makes it easier to learn new things and solve problems.
Correct
Yes! Sleep helps your brain.
