Procrastination and Memory

Question 1

Question 1

The videos described habits as having four parts. Which are the four parts?

Answer 1

1. The cue
2. The routine
3. The belief

Question 2

Question 2

Select the following true statements about learning and procrastination, according to this week’s videos.

Answer 2

1. To prevent procrastination, you want to avoid concentrating on product. Instead, your attention should be on building processes. Processes relate to simple habits—habits that coincidentally allow you to do the unpleasant tasks that need to be done.

2.
It is perfectly normal to start with a few negative feelings about beginning a learning session—even when it’s a subject you ordinarily like. It’s how you handle those feelings that matters.

Question 3

Question 3
Select the following true statements about task lists and planner journals, according to this week’s videos:

Answer 3

1. Planning your quitting time is as important as planning your working time.
   2.
   It’s good to make notes in your planner/journal about what works and what doesn’t.

Question 4

Question 4
Choose all statements that are true of procrastination.

Answer 4

1.
Procrastination shares characteristics with addiction.

2.
Procrastination can be triggered by feelings of discomfort involving something you’d rather not be doing–discomfort that can actually show up in the brain as feelings of physical pain.

3.
As this week’s videos explained, it’s best to avoid procrastination by applying willpower at only one small point–your reaction to a procrastination cue. This is because willpower is actually a valuable mental resource and you don’t want to be using it up unnecessarily.

Question 5

Question 5

In the videos related to procrastination, a careful distinction was made between “process” and “product.” Select the following true statements related to “process” and “product.”

Answer 5

1.
As stated in one of the videos, to avoid procrastination you want to avoid focusing on a product, because thinking about completing a product is frequently what triggers the pain that causes you to procrastinate.

2.
Process means the flow of time and the habits and actions associated with that flow of time—as in, “I’m going to spend twenty minutes working.”

Question 6

Question 6

Select good examples of what you could do to reduce the effects of cues that can cause you to procrastinate.

Answer 6

1.
Distractions sometimes arise despite our best efforts. In that case, it’s best to not get annoyed by the distraction, but to instead just let it drift by and get right back to your work.

2.
Use noise-muffling ear blockers to help reduce distracting sounds.

Question 7

Question 7

Which of the following are good study habits to develop?

Answer 7

1.
Start early to allow plenty of time to master the subject material and to give yourself extra time on harder concepts.

2.
Keep practicing the easy material instead of focusing on the harder material because it’s more comfortable to do this, and it will help you to enjoy your learning more.

3.
Interleave your learning by alternating your practice with different types of problems so you clearly see the differences between problem-solving techniques.

Question 8

Question 8

Choose all of the true statements about good working/studying methods, procrastination and how to overcome procrastination.

Answer 8

1. Keep a planner journal and keep track of the methods and techniques that work best for you.

2.
Making a task list is best done at night, right before you go to sleep. Research shows that this helps your zombies (subconscious processes) to process the list overnight, making it easier to work on your tasks the next day.

3.
Pay attention for procrastination cues and remove yourself from environments that contain many distractions and procrastination cues.

Question 9

Question 9
Select the following true statements, in accordance with what you’ve learned from the videos, about memory.

Answer 9

1.
Creating flashcards is a useful technique to help you remember. By increasing your spacing as you become more certain of mastery, you will lock the material more firmly into place

2.
To begin tapping into your visual memory system, try making a very memorable visual image representing one key item you want to remember.

Question 10

Question 10
The memory palace technique is useful for helping you to move information into your long-term memory. Which of these statements about the technique are true?

Answer 10

1.
It can help you create a meaningful (if sometimes memorably strange!) group from otherwise unrelated items

2.
It allows you to tap into your visual and spatial memory abilities

Question 11

Question 11
Long term memories for facts and events:

Answer 11

1.
Are subject to modification by a process called “reconsolidation.”

2.
Are living parts of your brain that are changing all the time