Course

Question 1

What are the habit parts?

Answer 1

1. Cue (Trigger)
2. Routine
3. The Reward
4. The Belief

Question 2

What are the main techniques to better learning?

Answer 2

Spaced repetition
Sleeping well
Utilize the Pomodoro technique
Alternance between the difuse and the focused mode
Practice, practice, practice
Ask questions
Physical exercise
Persistence

Question 3

How to create chunks of information in your memory?

Answer 3

Focused attention
Understanding
Practice

Question 4

What are chunks?

Answer 4

Pieces of information with meaning

Question 5

How to avoid the “Illusion of Learning” (4)

Answer 5

1) Testing yourself
2) Recalling
3) Mistakes are good
4) Deliberate Practice

Question 6

What is interleave?

Answer 6

Shift between focused mode and difuse mode in order to be more creative during problem solving.

Looking for different approach to solve problems.

Know when to use each approach.

Question 7

What is Eistenlugg?

Answer 7

It is a mindset that block thoughts going directly to a specific solution without thinking about alternatives.

Question 8

Four properties of chunks

Answer 8

1. Compressed info
2. Solid concepts
3. Pieces of information with meaning
4. Can become bigger

Question 9

Two types of problem solving

Answer 9

Sequential / step-by-step

Holistic / Intuition

Question 10

What are the strategies to avoid procastination?

Answer 10

1. Keep a planner journal
2. Commit yourself to certain routines and tasks each day with tie to finish
3. Delay rewards until you finish the task
4. Watch for procastination cues
5. Gain trust in your new system
6. Have a backup plans for when you still procastinate
7. Eat your frogs first
8. Focus on process instead of product to avoid trigger the pain that causes procastination

Question 11

List some type of triggers/cues?

Answer 11

Location
Time
How you feel
Reactions

Question 12

10 Rules of Good Studying

Answer 12

1. Use recall
2. Test yourself
3. Chunk your problems
4. Space your repetition
5. Alternate different problem-solving techniques during your practice
6. Take breaks
7. Use explanatory questioning and simple analogies
8. Focus
9. Eat your frogs first
10. Make a mental contrast

Question 13

What can you do to keep making neurons borning in the Hippocampus?

Answer 13

Learn a new skill
Exercise
Explore a new path to your work

Question 14

What does happen with neuron cells size when you sleep?

Answer 14

During sleep brain cells shrink in order get out the toxins

Question 15

Cite one benefit of teamwork

Answer 15

Help to identify blindspots

Question 16

Two benefits of mini tests

Answer 16

1. Help to retain more than spending time studying

2. Help concentrating the mind

Question 17

What are three functions of the pre-frontal cortex?

Answer 17

Pre-frontal cortex is responsible for:

1. planning
2. making decisions
3. solving complex problems

Question 18

What question should you start first on a test?

Answer 18

Start with the hardest and switch the easiest ones if you get stuck. This is called the Hard start-jump to easy technique.

Question 19

Techniques to help with pre-test stress

Answer 19

Create a positive attitude if you are under stress during tests.
Turn your attention to your breathing.

Question 20

Where does overconfidance comes from?

Answer 20

Overconfidance comes by using one mode of thinking

Question 21

What is deliberate practice?

Answer 21

Prioritize efforts to learn the more difficult parts

Question 22

Two techniques to learn

Answer 22

Mental contraste

Analogy/elaborate questioning

Question 23

What does sólido concepts is related?

Answer 23

Chunks

Question 24

Should you delay Edward until you finish the task?

Answer 24

Yes