Learning to Learn quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Why does spacing study sessions improve memory better than cramming?

   Answer: It strengthens neural retrieval pathways

   Why: The best gap grows with the delay: about one day before a test next week, but three weeks before one ten weeks away.

2. 2 Medium

   What term describes a temporary stall in progress despite practice?

   Answer: Learning plateau

   Why: Bryan and Harter charted these flat stretches in 1897 among telegraph students learning Morse code; later work questioned how real they are.

3. 3 Hard

   Mixing different subjects together during one study session is called what?

   Answer: interleaving

   Why: In a classroom trial with 54 maths classes, students given mixed assignments scored 61 percent on a surprise test a month later, against 38 percent.

4. 4 Easy

   Which mindset believes talents can be developed through work?

   Answer: Growth mindset

   Why: Carol Dweck popularized the term in her 2006 book Mindset; later meta-analyses found the average effect on school grades to be small.

5. 5 Medium

   Which scientist discovered the forgetting curve?

   Answer: Hermann Ebbinghaus

   Why: Ebbinghaus was the only subject in his own experiments, drilling lists drawn from 2,300 nonsense syllables before publishing in 1885.

6. 6 Hard

   What term describes old memories blocking recall of new ones?

   Answer: Proactive interference

   Why: Proactive interference occurs when old habits or phone numbers resurface and overwrite new ones you just learned.