Seeing the bigger picture

Question 1

[Select the word that belongs in the blank space.] “_________” is the idea that a chunk you’ve mastered in one area can often help you much more easily learn chunks of information in different areas that can share surprising commonalities.

Answer 1

transfer

Question 2

Question 2

Three steps were mentioned as being vitally important in making a chunk. Pick those three things out from the list below.

Answer 2

Focused attention, Practice to help you gain mastery and a sense of the big-picture context, Understanding of the basic idea

Question 3

Question 3

Which statement best describes “deliberate practice”?

Answer 3

Focusing intently on the parts of the problem that are more difficult to you.

Question 4

Question 4

Select which of the following statements are true about chunking:

Answer 4

When you are trying to figure something out, if you have a good library of chunks, you can more easily skip to the right solution by—metaphorically speaking—“listening” to whispers from your diffuse mode. Your diffuse mode can help you connect two or more chunks together in new ways to solve novel problems. “Chunking” involves compressing information more compactly–this is part of why it is easier to draw a “chunked” idea or concept into mind.

Question 5

Question 5

Select the following true statements about learning, as discussed on this module’s videos.

Answer 5

One significant mistake students sometimes make in learning is jumping into the water before they learn to swim. In other words, they blindly start working on homework without reading the textbook, attending lectures, viewing online lessons, or speaking with someone knowledgeable. It’s like randomly allowing a thought to pop off in the focused-mode pinball machine without paying any real attention to where the solution truly lies.,
Although practice and repetition are important in helping build solid neural patterns to draw on, it’s interleaving that starts building flexibility and creativity. It’s where you leave the world of practice and repetition and begin thinking more independently.,
Interleaving your studies—making a point to review for a test, for example, by skipping around through problems in the different chapters and materials—can sometimes seem to make your learning more difficult. But in reality, it helps you learn more deeply.

Question 6

The neuromodulators acetylcholine, dopamine, and serotonin were mentioned as affecting specific areas in Dr. Sejnowski’s video. Select the three true statements below, based on Dr. Sejnowski’s video, about which areas these neurotransmitters affect.

Answer 6

Dopamine signals in relation to unexpected reward, Serotonin affects social life and risk-taking behavior, Acetylcholine affects focused learning and attention.