Study Strategies Flashcards
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A student has three exams in one week. How should they prioritize their study plan?
Answer: Allocate study time across all three based on difficulty and exam date proximity
Effective exam planning balances effort across subjects, giving more time to difficult material while accounting for when each exam occurs.
What is 'elaborative interrogation' as a study strategy?
Answer: Generating 'why' and 'how' questions to explain facts and connect them to prior knowledge
Elaborative interrogation involves asking yourself why something is true, which forces deeper processing and connects new information to existing knowledge.
Which of the following is an example of a SMART academic goal?
Answer: 'I will study math for 30 minutes every day this week and complete Chapter 4 problems by Friday.'
SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound — the second option meets all five criteria.
Which factor most commonly causes students to underestimate how long a task will take?
Answer: The planning fallacy — focusing on best-case scenarios and ignoring past experience
The planning fallacy leads people to predict optimistic completion times by ignoring how long similar tasks took in the past.
What is the main drawback of 'massed practice' (cramming all studying into one session)?
Answer: Information is stored only in short-term memory and is quickly forgotten after the exam
Cramming can produce short-term recall for an exam but results in rapid forgetting because the material is not consolidated into long-term memory.
When taking notes during a lecture, which approach is most effective?
Answer: Paraphrasing main ideas in your own words and noting key examples
Paraphrasing in your own words forces processing of the material in real time, which deepens understanding compared to verbatim transcription.
How does physical exercise benefit academic performance?
Answer: It increases blood flow to the brain, improving focus, memory, and mood
Regular aerobic exercise has been shown to improve concentration, working memory, and stress regulation — all of which support academic performance.
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