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UTS FINALS Flashcards

1
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What is the seat of human learning?

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BRAIN

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What kind of scientists have been able to gain a chemical understanding of how learning takes place inside the brain?

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NEUROSCIENCE

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This new technology has revealed the inner workings of the brain, allowing scientists to “see” what happens within the brain when people learn.

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DIFFUSION IMAGING

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This area of the brain is thought to be the most crucial for learning since it is where higher-order cognitive processes like remembering and reasoning take place.

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CEREBRUM

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This receives sensory information via a network of neurons.

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SYNAPSE

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It is the capacity of the brain to adapt its physical structure and function depending on your experiences, actions, feelings, and even thoughts.

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NEUROPLASTICITY

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It is a regulatory system that helps a person understand and control his or her own cognitive performance.

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METACOGNITION

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It involves pausing throughout a task to consciously check your own actions.

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SELF QUESTIONING

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These are strategies which can be used to improve information retention. It involves using rhymes, patterns, and associations to remember.

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MNEMONIC AID

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It is called cognitive tools. This too help learner to consciously improve the thinking processes.

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

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It refers to the process a student engages in when they take responsibility for their own learning and applies themselves to academic success.

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SELF REGULATED LEARNING

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It is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan, and commit to achieve.

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GOAL

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It is the belief in one’s effectiveness in performing specific tasks and it is the optimistic self-belief in our competence or chances of successfully accomplishing a task and producing a favorable outcome.

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SELF EFFICACY

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It is the belief that intelligence, talents, and other abilities are set at birth. It is the belief that a person is born with a particular set of skills and that cannot be changed.

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FIXED MINDSET

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It is the belief that, with effort, perseverance and drive, a person can develop natural qualities.

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GROWTH MINDSET

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This theory is essentially linked to task performance. It states that specific and challenging goals along with appropriate feedback contribute to higher and better task performance.

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GOAL SETTING THEORY

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It is the physical, mental, and emotional response of the body to demands placed on it; also, it is the “wear and tear” our minds and bodies endure as we try to cope with our ever-changing environment.

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STRESS

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It is a chemical or biological agent, environmental condition, external stimulus, or an event seen as causing stress.

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STRESSOR

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It is the strategies people often use in the face of stress and/or trauma to help manage painful or difficult emotions.

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COPING MECHANISM

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It is the ability to show empathy, love, and concern to people who are in difficulty.

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COMPASSION

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This is a learning style where the learner learns best through movement; hence, they are active rather than passive learners.

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KINESTHETIC

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This is a learning style where the learner learns best through images, graphics, TV documentaries and graphs.

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VISUAL

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23
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This is a learning style where the learner learns best through listening rather than watching or reading.

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AUDITORY

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This is a learning style where the learner loves learning through social interaction. They are good at group work, have high emotional intelligence, and can compromise to get their job done.

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INTERPERSONAL

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This is a learning style where the learner likes to mull things over in their own heads. They are happy to learn in silence and isolation and may find working with others to be a distraction.

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INTRAPERSONAL

26
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It is an effective goal-setting principles where the goal must have a decent level of difficulty to motivate you to strive toward the goal.

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CHALLENGE

27
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It is an effective goal-setting principles where you give yourself enough time to overcome the learning curve involved in completing the task.

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TASK COMPLEXITY

28
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It is an effective goal-setting principles where you put deliberate effort into meeting this goal. Share your goal with someone else to increase your accountability to meet that goal.

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COMMITMENT

29
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It is a guideline on setting effective goals that means “provide a way to evaluate and use data or targets

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MEASURABLE

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It is a guideline on setting effective goals that means “State when you will get it done and be specific on date or timeframe

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TIME-BOUND

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It is a guideline on setting effective goals that means “makes sense within your job function and improves the business in some way.

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RELEVANT

32
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It is a guideline on setting effective goals that means “State what you will do and use action words.

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SPECIFIC

33
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It is a guideline on setting effective goals that means “withing your scope and the scope must be possible to attain and accomplish.

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ACHIEVABLE

34
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Below are lists of common warning signs and symptoms of stress overload under COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS, except to this.

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ANXIETY AND AGITATION

35
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Below are lists of common warning signs and symptoms of stress overload under COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS, except to this

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FEELING OVERWHELMED

36
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Below are lists of common warning signs and symptoms of stress overload under EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS, except to this.

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WITHDRAWING FROM OTHERS

37
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Below are lists of common warning signs and symptoms of stress overload under PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS, except to this

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SLEEPING TOO MUCH OR LESS

38
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Below are lists of common warning signs and symptoms of stress overload under BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS, except to this.

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ANGER

39
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Below are examples Positive coping strategies, except to this.

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MEDITATING

40
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It is a specific type of adaptive strategy that attempts to anticipate a problem before it begins and prepare a person to cope with the coming challenge.

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PROACTIVE COPING

41
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The brain acts as a dense network of fiber pathways consisting of approximately 1000 billion neurons. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

42
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Neuroscientists have long believed that learning and memory formation are made by the strengthening and weakening of connections among stem cells. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

43
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When learning new things, memory and recall are strengthened by frequency and recency. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

44
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According to the study made by the University of Michigan’s Biopsychology Program, the brain behaves broadly about how it processes experiences that enter through our five senses. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

45
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To break bad habits, you really must change your brain. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

46
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Metacognitive skills are generally learned during the early stage of development. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

47
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Reflection involves clearing the mind. It could consider as a metacognitive strategy because it aims to reach a calm and focused state that can prime us for learning and be more aware of our own inner speech. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

48
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The learning process does not just involve acquiring new skills and information, it is a crucial process which is both a product of both physiological process and individual factors. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

49
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SPECIFIC means “withing your scope and the scope must be possible to attain and accomplish.” (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

50
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RELEVANT means “State what you will do and use action words.” (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

51
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MESAURABLE means “State when you will get it done and be specific on date or timeframe.” (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

52
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TIME-BOUND means “provide a way to evaluate and use data or targets.” (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

53
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ACHIEVABLE means “makes sense within your job function and improves the business in some way.” (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

54
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Coping strategies can also be positive (adaptive) or negative (maladaptive). (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

55
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Coping mechanisms can help people adjust to stressful events while helping them maintain their emotional well-being. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

56
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Depression or general unhappiness is a behavioral symptoms of stress overload. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

57
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Diarrhea or constipations are behavioral symptoms of stress overload. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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FALSE

58
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Distress or Negative stress are about stress that are beyond one’s control. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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TRUE

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