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4. Row 1, Col 1 This is the oldest and deepest area of the brain, sometimes called the “reptilian brain.” What is the BRAINSTEM?

5. 1,2 The main function of this register is to screen out useless sensory input. What is SENSORY REGISTER?

6. 1,3 WORKING MEMORY has a functional limit. How many pieces of information can the average adult manage at one time? What is SEVEN?

7. 1,4 These kinds of exams only test RECOGNITION— not RECALL skills. What are MULTIPLE-CHOICE exams?

8. 2,1 Sometimes called the “old mammalian brain,” this area is the seat of emotions and sensory information. What is the LIMBIC SYSTEM?

9. 2,2 “Immediate memory” and “working memory” are the two components of this type of memory. What is SHORT-TERM MEMORY?

10. 2,3 This is where the brain takes multiple items and considers them a single entity (as a way of bypassing the limitations of working memory). What is CHUNKING?

11. 2,4 When teachers do this, it sends a signal to slower information retrievers that they can abort the process. What is CALLING on the FIRST HANDS to be raised?

12. 3,1 This part of the brain controls thinking, memory, and speech. What is the CEREBRUM?

13. 3,2 This short-term memory component is where we put information until we decide what to do with it. What is IMMEDIATE MEMORY?

14. 3,3 On average, adults can process items intently in working memory for about ___ minutes before becoming fatigued. What is THIRTY?

15. 3,4 This is WHEN information moves from short-term to long-term memory. What is DURING SLEEP?

16. 4,1 The technical name for nerve cells. What are NEURONS?

17. 4,2 This component of short- term memory is where we build, take apart, or rework ideas for eventual storage. What is WORKING MEMORY?

18. 4,3 According to the Primacy-Recency effect, students are most likely to remember these portions of a lecture. What are the FIRST and LAST portions?

19. 4,4 Learning psychologists now speak of creating “multiple learning pathways” instead of this older expression. What is ACCOMMODATE DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES?

20. 5,1 Teens are slow to control their emotions because of late development in this part of the brain. What is the FRONTAL LOBE?

21. 5,2 These two criteria largely determine whether information is stored in long-term memory. What are SENSE and RELEVANCE?

22. 5,3 Janet Zadina’s memorable phrase describing the learning process. What is “FIRE until its WIRED!”

23. 5,4 This connector gives females better communication BETWEEN brain hemispheres whereas males generally function more efficiently WITHIN a particular hemisphere. What is the CORPUS CALLOSUM?