Learning Mechanisms: A Tutorial Study Guide
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"Learning Mechanisms" is a book chapter of the college-level textbook for the book volume in the Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology course. It is a part of the Science Textbook Series authored by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D. that also includes the Principles of Biology course.
This book is written with specific pedagogical considerations to facilitate students' learning. It applies the proven best practices to motivate students in learning. It uses multiple pedagogical methodologies to engage students in active learning by participating in the knowledge acquisition process. It stimulates the curiosity of students by asking them questions and answering them immediately. It guides the students in their comprehension of knowledge by using examples and by giving them detailed explanations following the answers.
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Dr. Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D., is a writer and a professor who does research in emotions and the brain. She is an expert in neuropsychology, neurophysiology, brain imaging, computational neuroscience, and bioengineering. She has a Ph.D. degree in Physiology, and three Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science, Physics and Astrophysics. She has also been a suicide and crisis counselor, with extensive counseling experience in relationships and crisis management. She is also a life coach, who does relationship coaching and executive coaching, inspires others in achieving the very best.
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Learning Mechanisms - Nicoladie Tam
Learning Mechanisms
A Tutorial Study Guide
Nicoladie Tam, Ph. D.
Copyright © 2021 by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.
ISBN 978-1-301-72953-1
All rights reserved, no part of this publication may be reproduced or circulated in any form without prior written permission of the author, except for brief quotations in critical review articles. This condition is imposed on all acquirers of this publication.
This book uses innovative pedagogy to advance knowledge in education, scholarship, and research by publishing worldwide as an independent publisher.
Authored by: Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.
Published by: Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.
First Published: August 20, 2013
Revision Date: December 19, 2021
Edition: 2nd
ISBN (eBook): 9781301729531
ISBN (paperback): 9798787490954
ISBN (audiobook):
Book statistics: 18,379 words, 806 paragraphs, 59 printed pages
Keywords: learning mechanisms, learning, brain, neuroscience, biology, study guide, tutorial
Book series: Science Textbook Series, authored by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D.
Produced and published in the United States of America.
The printed version of this eBook is also available in PDF format.
Preface
Learning Mechanisms
is a book chapter of the college-level textbook for the book volume in the Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology course. It is a part of the Science Textbook Series authored by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D. that also includes the Principles of Biology course.
This book is written with specific pedagogical considerations to facilitate students' learning. It applies the proven best practices to motivate students in learning. It uses multiple pedagogical methodologies to engage students in active learning by participating in the knowledge acquisition process. It stimulates the curiosity of students by asking them questions and answering them immediately. It guides the students in their comprehension of knowledge by using examples and by giving them detailed explanations following the answers.
This book uses a step-by-step tutorial approach to walk through the process of refinement in learning — leading students by asking a simple question first, then followed by a more in-depth question. This helps students understand each principle in an incremental fashion. It solves a complex problem without overwhelming the students.
This tutorial approach breaks down a complex problem by addressing the puzzle one piece at a time. Students will then learn the methodology of scientific inquiry by following the author’s (instructor’s) lead one step at a time. It solves a problem by asking in-depth questions incrementally. The author (instructor) demonstrates the problem-solving process by illustrating how to solve a problem using the materials presented in the book chapter.
The technique is the question-and-answer inquiry-learning process. It uses the contents of the chapter materials as examples to illustrate how to find out the answers by asking questions. It explains the principles and concepts without needing the traditional narrative description of some complex phenomena. It subdivides the problems into small chunks of knowledge for students to acquire.
The goal-directed learning process is one of the pedagogical methods used in this book to facilitate students' inquiry-learning. It uses a targeted problem-solving process by homing in the problem. It applies the computer science theory in problem-solving to teach effective problem-solving using a highly efficient binary-search methodology as a pedagogical principle to teach students how to learn efficiently.
The binary-search (divide-and-conquer) method is essentially breaking down a complex problem by half each time and discard the irrelevant half of the solution space repeatedly. So students don't need to spend time on irrelevant materials and focus mainly on what is relevant. This process is done by asking a simple question first, then getting an immediate answer for the specific question without wasting time on other irrelevant content. The binary-search method then iterates the process of divide-and-conquer by keep subdividing the solution space into halves and then exploring the relevant half while discarding the irrelevant half. When the problem cannot be subdivided anymore, the final answer becomes the solution automatically.
Objectives (and Concepts to Learn) Section in this Book
This book is organized based on the pedagogical principles of higher learning. Each chapter starts with the Objectives
and Concepts to Learn
to introduce what are expected to learn. The Overview
and Summary
provide a concise summary of the contents of the materials, the key principles, and the concepts to be learned. This provides the expectation of what the learning outcomes would be right at the beginning to prepare for students to anticipate what is expected to learn.
Q&A (Question-and-Answer) Section in this Book
The core of the tutorial lies in the Q&A (question-and-answer ) section where questions are answered immediately followed by detailed explanations of the principles and concepts. Examples are often given to illustrate the concepts and apply them in real life. This question-and-answer approach in the tutorial engages students in learning by stimulating their curiosity. It rewards students by answering the question thoroughly with detailed explanations immediately following each answer.
Critical, Analytical, and Creative Thinking Section in this Book
Finally, each chapter and section ends with review questions to summarize what they have learned by putting them together and analyzing what they have learned. The review questions are subdivided into Critical Thinking Questions,
Analytical Thinking Questions,
and Creative Thinking Questions.
These open-ended questions are designed to stimulate students' thinking by asking questions that require thinking-out-of-the-box instead of thinking-inside-the-box.
Table of Contents
Preface
Objectives (and Concepts to Learn) Section in this Book
Q&A (Question-and-Answer) Section in this Book
Critical, Analytical, and Creative Thinking Section in this Book
Table of Contents
Learning Mechanisms
Objectives
Concepts to Learn
1.1.Adaptation
Objectives
Concepts to Learn
Overview
Summary
Q&A
What is adaptation?
What is the difference between adaptation and conditioning?
What is the necessary condition for adaptation to occur?
What form of learning is the most basic and simplest in evolution?
Why do psychologists not consider adaptation as learning whereas physiologists consider it as basic learning?
What is sensitization?
What is habituation?
What is desensitization?
What is the condition for sensitization?
What is the condition for habituation?
What is the change in response to adaptation?
What are the similarities and differences in the responses between adaptation and conditioning?
Give some examples of adaptation.
What is the computational advantage of having adaptation as an automatic response?
Review Questions
Analytical Thinking Questions
Critical Thinking Questions