Chunks

Question 1

What is a chunk?

Answer 1

A network of neurons that are used to firing together, so you can think a thought or perform an action smoothly and effectively

Question 2

How can you avoid associating material recall with a physical location?

Answer 2

Study and recall the information in various different environments.

Question 3

What benifits does a large chunked mental library have?

Answer 3

Makes it easier to solve problems and figure out solutions

Question 4

What is chunk transfer?

Answer 4

Relating an existing chunk to a new similar concept to speed up understanding.

Question 5

Why do growing chunks need to be practiced?

Answer 5

Otherwise they will remain faint and make the bigger picture of what you are trying to learn harder.

Question 6

What is deliberate practice?

Answer 6

Deliberate practice is practicing what you find difficult rather than overlearning what you find easy (which can lead to an illusion of competance)

Question 7

What is Einstellung

Answer 7

An existing thought or idea blocking a better solution from being found.

Question 8

What is interleaving?

Answer 8

Switching between different problems, techniques or concepts during learning

Question 9

todo

Answer 9

Developing expertise in several fields means you can bring very new ideas from one field to another. The trade off is that knowledge won’t be as detailed as someone specializing in one disipline. These people may become very entrench in there way of thinking and not be able to handle new ideas.