ALL MY POINTS AND BRAINLIST Question 11 pts
What role do things of interest and importance play in your learning?
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They keep the brain from going to sleep.

They help to attract the brain’s attention.

They help the brain to provide meaning to words and phrases.

They are two characteristics of a smart brain.

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Question 21 pts
When you watch television while writing a paragraph about the book you just read, and it takes you two hours to write that paragraph, you are demonstrating which of the following?
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Emotions get your attention.

The brain needs a break.

The brain cannot multitask.

You remember meaning before details

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Question 31 pts
When you stay focused for every minute of an hour long lecture of a war veteran giving an account of the horrors of a battle, you demonstrate which of the following?
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You remember meaning before details

The brain cannot multi-task.

Emotions get your attention.

The brain needs a break.

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Question 41 pts
Why do strong emotions help form stronger memories?
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They reduce forgetfulness.

They create stronger encoding of memories.

They get your attention.

Emotions are more important than facts.

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Question 51 pts
When you tell your parents about the great speaker at the school assembly, and you can remember the point of his message but not the examples that he used, you demonstrate which of the following principles?
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The brain needs a break.

You remember meaning before details.

The brain cannot multi-task.

Emotions get your attention.

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Question 61 pts
How long can your brain pay attention without a reason or without receiving an emotionally relevant cue?
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twenty minutes

five minutes

thirty minutes

ten minutes

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Question 71 pts
How does the brain’s need for a rest impact or affect your learning and studies?
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You can use short study session to keep you on track for in your courses.

You should only study in a quiet environment with no distraction.

You should get up and walk around to relax your brain during your studying.

You must find study techniques to keep your brain’s attention during studying.

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Question 81 pts
Describe the process of rewiring that takes place in the brain during learning.
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As you think, synapses and axons extend and grow, new dendrites are formed and others are pruned back.

As you think, dendrites and neurons extend and grow, new axons are formed and others are pruned back.

As you think, dendrites and synapses extend and grow, new axons are formed and others are pruned back.

As you think, dendrites and axons extend and grow, new synapses are formed and others are pruned back.

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Question 91 pts
Why is emotion important to the brain?
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Emotions grab your brain’s attention.

Your brain does not process emotions.

Emotions demonstrate meaning before detail.

Emotions help the brain sort meaning.

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Question 101 pts
Why is multitasking impossible?
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The brain pays attention to interesting things.

The brain’s wiring is too complex for track multiple events.

The brain’s encoding makes handling multiple tasks impossible.

The brain moves from one task to the next in sequence.