Chapter 1 Flashcards
(7 cards)
What are the 2 modes of thinking processes?
Focused mode and diffuse mode
What is picture walking? How does it help you understand concepts faster?
Picture walking is looking at a chapter or section of a book that teaches concepts and glancing through the graphics, diagrams, and photos, section headings, summary, and even questions at the end of the chapter, if the book has them.
It helps prime your mental pump and with organizing your thoughts making it easier to grasp the concepts.
What is the focused mode?
Focus mode is the ability to concentrate and involves direct approaches to solving problems using rational analytics.
What is the diffuse mode?
Diffuse mode helps us gain new inaight or perspective on a problem we are stuck on. It occurs when you relax your attention and focus away from the current problem so your brain works on it in the background.
What is the einstelling effect?
Its when your initial thought prevents a better idea or solution from being found.
Why is it that the harder we push our brains to be creative, the less creative it’ll be?
Why is it a good thing to be confused?
The learning process is all about figuring out what’s confusing. Articulating your question is 80% of the work, by the time you figure out what’s confusing, you likely have the answer.
