Brain

Question 1

What is Structural Building

Answer 1

degree in which we can identify key points from new material and integration into prior knowledge to create meaningful structures = high structure

Question 2

What is Low Structure

Answer 2

difficulty sorting through high important vs low important info…have to have strategies to keep focus on key concepts

Question 3

What is example learners

Answer 3

tend to focus on nuances of each problem or example without identifying principles that link different examples together
-helpful to compare and contrast when learning

Question 4

What are 3 environmental factors that affect the brain

Answer 4

sleep, exercise, nutrition

Question 5

Cognitive functions such as attention and memory are differently affected with age, what are some other cognitive functions?

Answer 5

• selective attention appears to be preserved
• short term memory
• declarative memory is more impaired than procedural

Question 6

Declarative or Explicit Memory

Answer 6

memories that can be verbalized

-semantic or episodic

Question 7

Nondeclarative or implicit

Answer 7

Automatic behaviors and skills, conditioned responses

-emotional or procedural