D664 Neuroscience Study Guide

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D664 Neuroscience Study Guide

Complete MCQ Test & Answer Key

Learners and Learning Science

(Western Governors University)

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Complete Multiple Choice Study Guide

• The study of the brain and nervous system

 ☐ Punishment  ☑ Neuroscience  ☐ Cerebellum  ☐ Classification

• Thinking activities such as remembering, understanding, problem-solving, and

decision- making, including how people get, use, and store information in their minds  ☐ Classification  ☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition  ☑ Cognition  ☐ Operant Conditioning

• Tiny cells in the brain that work together like an extensive communication network

 ☐ Learning Science  ☐ Neuroplasticity  ☑ Neurons  ☐ Constructivism

• Plays a crucial role in acquiring new knowledge, honing cognitive skills, and adapting

to the challenges of formal education  ☐ Industry v. Inferiority Stage  ☐ Retrieval  ☑ Neurodevelopment  ☐ Embodied Mind Perspective

• Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord; oversees important jobs like keeping

the heart beating regularly, controlling breathing, managing blood flow, and controlling automatic actions like sneezing and swallowing

 ☑ Brain Stem  ☐ Elaboration  ☐ Classification  ☐ Sensorimotor Stage 2 / 3

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• Deep in the brain, it is like an emotional control center helping handle feelings

like happiness, fear, and sadness  ☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition  ☑ Limbic System  ☐ Cramming  ☐ Storage

• Located at the back of the head, the 'little brain' helps control voluntary

muscle movements, posture, and balance

 ☐ Retrieval  ☐ Retrieval Practice  ☑ Cerebellum  ☐ Hippocampus

• The front part of the brain responsible for controlling movement, body temperature,

and thinking skills like speaking, problem-solving, and decision-making; it also handles sensory tasks like seeing, hearing, and feeling touch  ☐ Long-Term Memory (LTM)  ☑ Cerebrum  ☐ Cramming  ☐ Discovery Learning

• Plays a crucial role in decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation

 ☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)  ☐ Multitasking  ☐ Acquisition  ☑ Prefrontal Cortex

• The initial processing of information, converting sensory input into a form that

the brain can store and use

 ☑ Encoding  ☐ Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)  ☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)  ☐ Neurons

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