Week 2 Flashcards
Chunking—The Essentials Seeing the Bigger Picture
Whats chunking?
the mental leap that helps you unite bits of information though meaning.
what emotions negatively effects thinking?
Stress, fear, anger and anxiety.
How to Chunk?
1- Focus [this is very crucial part]
2- Understand [ do it yourself, call material to mind ]
3-Practice
How to focus ?
Stay in an environment that is clear of any distractions [ Noise, loud music, ]
Understanding ?
Understand the general idea of the subject . Understanding is like a superglue that helps hold the underlying memory traces together.
Note: You understand something when you can do it yourself. example , test yourself on the martial or try to do something by yourself . call what you have learned to your mind
Practice [ context ] ?
Context is when you know how and when to use a chunk. Practice with what you have learned to learn more and know not only when to use the chunk but when NOT to use the chunk too.
In order to know how to use a chunk properly , you have to know the big picture in order to know where the chink fits
technique to see the big picture
One common mistake that learners make is to refuse to move on in their reading until they fully understand the material in the book in front of them. But sometimes skipping ahead can help see the big picture.
Difficulties when learning a new subject?
Learning totally a new subject could be hard in the begging. after reading the information give it a day or 2 and read it again. Brain needs sometime to make strong neuron connections.
more sensory and memorizing
Few things could help you to retain the information better . The more sensory get involved in reviewing the material the more connections you make [ visual, hearing, touching , speaking ] try to imagine the things you want to memorize
1- Spaced Repetition: Reviewing the information after 2 days from reading it.
2- Using a pen to write the information.
3- Make drowning of the things you trying to understand and remember.
4-Say the words out loud.
Always try to ….. when you are done with the material
Recall key ideas
Recalling helps with creating
Chunks
How can you condense the information into one chunk ?
After becoming an expert
Minimize highlighting to
one line per paragraph
It is a good idea to write your own notes on
the margin of the page
Why should we study in different places?
because your mind makes connection with the material and the space
acetylcholine function ? استل كولين
Acetylcholine is the chief neurotransmitte helps with o Focus learning and close attention
Dopamine?
neurotransmitte , immediate and future reward and decision making
Serotonin سيراتونن
Social life and risk taking [ High Sertonine high social and low risk taking ]
how can we use a library of chunks ?
Library of chunks can network with each other and produce a new and original ideas
what is ‘ Chunks transfer ‘ ?
chunks in one field can be very similar in another field
How can chunks get bigger ?
Chunks can get bigger when you add more expertise in that field
Overlearning
when you keep learning the material you already know.
Einstellung [mindset]
Is when your initial idea or way of doing something preventing you from a better idea that is in your mind.
Interleaving
Is mixing your study so you know how to use a technique or a chunk.
Procrastination is like Zernich, Why ?
small amount of it seems like it doesn’t hurt, but in fact it is killing you.
Procrastination clue
When you want to star a task that you don’t like your mind will take you to another more enjoyable task.
Willpower takes a lot of
neural power
What Features does Procrastination share with addiction
offers temporary excitement and relief from sometimes boring reality
Habits [ Zombie mode] ?
won’t take a lot of our focus because the how-to and when where all compressed in a chunk.this frees our mind to do other things while only focusing on few key details
how do we Identify a Habit?
1- Habits needs a trigger. like when i wake up a drink coffee.
2- The routine. which is the zombie mode.
3- Feeling the pleasure while doing it. Procrastination becomes a habit because we feel a little bit good when we avoid the nasty task. That’s why we should reward ourselves for good habits.
4- Belief : You have to belief you can change a habit in order to change it.
Illusion of competence
Reading and understanding a book or material is an illusion. You have to recall the key ideas from your mind. testing your self is the best way.
Making mistakes is a good way to remember the right answer.
Deliberate Practice
when you focus on learning the hard material rather than the easy stuff.
How can we come over tedious task ?
do a pomodor for a processes not a result.
How can you manage your days and weeks ?
1- write key tasks every week
2- Write your daily to do list before you go to sleep every nite [ to get ur zombie involved ]
3- To do list items to should be simple tasks
4- ur to do list should be reasonable [ to lower your expectation ]
5- Eat your frog first in the morning, even if you only do one pomodoro
Visual Spacial memory
very large and should be used to help remembering things.When you draw a picture, try to remember everything about it like smell, feel the wind …these details help ingrain this into your memory.
revoking picture, Why ?
make it easier to remember .
Physical Exercise is number one good thing you can do for your ….
Memory
hippocampus role in learning?
it is one of the brain area where new neurons born every day, and very important for learning new things
neurons help you learn new things but they will die if you don’t use them, how can we save them ?
Spaced repetition
Physical Exercise
New experience
Critical period of language acquisition ?
till puberty.
What behaviors do the prefrontal cortex influence?
People’s ability to do complex analysis.
Human social behavior.
People’s ability to make decisions.
People’s ability to plan.
The —— is the last part of the cortex to mature.
prefrontal cortex
The —— reaches maturation in childhood.
visual cortex
why sometimes things that were easy in the past they become hard ?
When your mind is restructuring its understanding, building a more solid foundation.
metaphor ?
metaphor-is-just-a-way-of-realizing-that one-thing-is-somehow-similar-to-another . Syria-is-shaped-like-a-bowl of-cereal
Metaphors-also-help-glue-an-idea-into-your mind, why ?
because-they-make-a-connection-to-neural structures-that-are-already-there.-
why do smart ppl sometimes can’t be creative ?
Because they have such a strong STM they can’t easily shift to diffuse mode.
“memory palace.”
might be hard to practice in the beginning.
What are the four categories of cues causing people to fall into a habitual reaction?
Location, time, how you feel, reaction (either to other people or to something that just happened)
Metaphors and visualization —— memorizing
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