Learning & the Brain

The study of learning and memory would include an investigation of _____.

• How dementia affects a person's brain

• How hearing loss affects older adults

• Why people get cataracts

• How our muscles learn

Plasticity is…

• The brain’s capacity to change its structure and function as a result of experience.

• The process of stabilizing and strengthening neural (synaptic) connections.

• The process of matching neural perceptions to what is stored in memory.

• The conscious processing of information.

When learning first takes place, we would say that __ has occurred.

• Discrimination

• Extinction

• Spontaneous Recovery

• Acquisition

Cognitive neuroscience research shows that four environmental factors can arouse and maintain people’s attention. They are novelty, intensity, movement, and…

• Importance

• Colour

• Shape

• Sound

Which of the following factors does NOT help the brain impose structure on learning and assist in the consolidation of neural connections in memory?

• Organisation

• Rehearsal

• Elaboration

• Osmosis

Learning that occurs due to reward and punishment

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Learning

• Taste Aversion

Habituation involves learning about a

• Multiple stimuli

• Single response

• Single stimulus

• Multiple response

Negative effects on learning brought on by stress or threats arise partly because of the secretion of the hormone…

• Insulin

• Cortisol

• Adrenaline

• Oxytocin

To which of the following should you not tailor your learning?

• Learning styles (visual, audio, kinesthetic)

• Previous knowledge

• Interests

• Ability

What is the best way to learn from some text?

• Read and reread the text multiple times.

• Use a highlighter.

• Underline key concepts.

• Explain key ideas of the text to yourself while reading.