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,Chapter 1 Test—Getting On Course to Your Success
TRUE/FALSE
1. Even though your last school's culture was different than your current school's culture, you can choose
to learn and adapt to new norms.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Cultural beliefs have nothing to do with the choices we make.
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. Students have fewer choices to make in the higher education culture than in the high school culture.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our choices.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. Lasting learning occurs when we become active learners.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. Mental processing for deep and lasting learning has two dimensions: quality and quantity.
ANS: T PTS: 1
7. Successful learners typically use just one deep processing strategy to master complex information and
skills.
ANS: F PTS: 1
8. Formal and informal feedback (such as scores on quizzes and getting a standing ovation for a speech)
is an essential component of all learning. In the CORE learning system, this component is called
Rehearsing.
ANS: F PTS: 1
MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE
1. The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of the choices we make on a daily basis.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Mental processing for lasting learning has two dimensions: quality and quantity.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. To create strong neural networks, successful learners connect new skills and information to prior
learning.
, ANS: T PTS: 1
4. Formal and informal feedback (such as scores on quizzes and getting a standing ovation for a speech)
is an essential component of all learning. In the CORE learning system, this component is called
Rehearsing.
ANS: F, Evaluating
PTS: 1
5. Self-esteem is the reputation we have with others.
ANS: F, ourselves
PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Travelers to a foreign country are similar to first-time college students because both groups of people
____.
a. May encounter behaviors that seem strange to them
b. May experience culture shock
c. May encounter a new language with unfamiliar words and phrases
d. All of the above
ANS: D PTS: 1
2. When experiencing the culture shock of higher education, a first-time college student can turn to
which person for help or advice?
a. Classmate
b. Advisor
c. Tutor
d. Professor
e. Librarian
f. All of the above
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. Why might a North American student who is required to complete a group project dislike the
assignment?
a. It is not possible to be successful when working with a group.
b. North American cultures often have a deep cultural value of independence over
interdependence.
c. Having only one choice rather than several choices increases students' chances for success.
ANS: B PTS: 1
4. In Chapter One, we have learned that successful students ____.
a. maintain positive core beliefs
b. make wise choices at forks in the road
c. accept their weaknesses
d. use the same skills for success in the workplace as in college
e. all of the above
, ANS: E PTS: 1
5. Accepting our weaknesses ____.
a. means we are judging ourselves
b. signals that we are content to stay as we are
c. provides a starting point for developing stronger self-esteem
d. makes it impossible to achieve success
e. all of the above
ANS: C PTS: 1
6. The CORE learning system is composed of which four elements?
a. Collect, Organize, Record, and Eliminate
b. Compose, Organize, Rewrite, and Edit
c. Collaborate, Operate, Rehearse and Evaluate
d. College, Offices, Regulate, Evaporate
e. None of the above
ANS: E PTS: 1
7. "Having hard skills gets you hired; lacking soft skills gets you fired." In this statement, what is meant
by soft skills?
a. The skills that will be learned in On Course
b. Time management and prioritizing tasks
c. Effective decision-making
d. Setting goals and making a strong effort
e. All of the above
ANS: E PTS: 1
8. To excel as a learner, you need to create as many neural networks in your brain as possible. The best
way to do this is to ____.
a. connect new learning to previously learned information
b. employ deep processing strategies
c. use distributed practice
d. all of the above
ANS: D PTS: 1
9. Prior Learning is one of the three principles of deep and lasting learning because ____.
a. clearing away prior learning creates space for new information and skills
b. it can lead to misperceptions about our abilities as learners
c. prior learning is the foundation upon which we build strong attachments to new learning
d. new learning strategies cannot be built on prior learning habits
e. all of the above
ANS: C PTS: 1
10. In college courses, when you have collected sufficient information by reading the course textbook and
taking accurate and complete class notes, your next step to deep and lasting learning is to ____.
a. organize the information in a way that makes sense to you
b. practice using the new information many times
c. evaluate the quality of the learning you've done
d. evaluate what additional information you need for effective learning
e. all of the above
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