Cognitive Styles: Visualizers vs. Verbalizers
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What is the primary consideration when teaching a child to read?

  • The child's socioeconomic status
  • Finding a subject that interests the child (correct)
  • The child's innate intelligence
  • The child's fixed mindset

    • What is the underlying assumption of IQ tests that undermines motivation and learning?

  • Intelligence can be improved
  • Intelligence is innate and fixed (correct)
  • Intelligence is solely dependent on effort
  • Intelligence is entirely environmental

    • What was the result of the special module on improving intelligence taught to the experimental group in the study by Dweck and Blackwell (2007)?

  • A slight decrease in study skills and grades
  • A dramatic improvement in study skills and grades (correct)
  • A significant decrease in study skills and grades
  • No significant change in study skills and grades

    • Which group of students benefited most from the message about improving intelligence?

    <p>Students who have cultural reasons to be anxious about their skills</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between socioeconomic status and growth mindset?

    <p>Low income students are less likely to hold a growth mindset</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the outcome for low income students who exhibit a growth mindset?

    <p>They show academic performance as high as that of fixed mindset students from higher income brackets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference in brain activity between visualizers and verbalizers?

    <p>Visualizers show more activation in the fusiform gyrus, while verbalizers show more activation in the supramarginal gyrus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the population may be affected by aphantasia?

    <p>2-3%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of Matthew Peterson's interactive software for teaching math concepts?

    <p>To provide visual feedback for students who are visual learners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to behaviorist theory, what is the primary factor that influences the likelihood of a response occurring again?

    <p>The consequences of the response, such as reward or punishment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the phenomenon where rewards can undermine intrinsic motivation?

    <p>The overjustification effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary strategy used by expert tutors to avoid telling a child they are wrong?

    <p>Lying or providing incorrect information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between visualizers and verbalizers in terms of their processing styles?

    <p>Visualizers process information visually, while verbalizers process information linguistically.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of the research on cognitive mapping in rats?

    <p>To study the role of cognitive processes in learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the condition where an individual is unable to voluntarily visualize?

    <p>Aphantasia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary benefit of a language-free approach to teaching math, according to the text?

    <p>It can improve language skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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