D664 Neuroscience Study Guide
Complete MCQ Test & Answer Key
Learners and Learning Science
(Western Governors University)
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Complete Multiple Choice Study Guide
1. The study of the brain and nervous system
☐ Punishment
☑ Neuroscience
☐ Cerebellum
☐ Classification
2. Thinking activities such as remembering, understanding, problem-solving, and decision-
making, including how people get, use, and store information in their minds
☐ Classification
☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition
☑ Cognition
☐ Operant Conditioning
3. Tiny cells in the brain that work together like an extensive communication network
☐ Learning Science
☐ Neuroplasticity
☑ Neurons
☐ Constructivism
4. Plays a crucial role in acquiring new knowledge, honing cognitive skills, and adapting to
the challenges of formal education
☐ Industry v. Inferiority Stage
☐ Retrieval
☑ Neurodevelopment
☐ Embodied Mind Perspective
5. Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord; oversees important jobs like keeping the
heart beating regularly, controlling breathing, managing blood flow, and controlling
automatic actions like sneezing and swallowing
☑ Brain Stem
☐ Elaboration
☐ Classification
☐ Sensorimotor Stage
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6. Deep in the brain, it is like an emotional control center helping handle feelings
like happiness, fear, and sadness
☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition
☑ Limbic System
☐ Cramming
☐ Storage
7. Located at the back of the head, the 'little brain' helps control voluntary
muscle movements, posture, and balance
☐ Retrieval
☐ Retrieval Practice
☑ Cerebellum
☐ Hippocampus
8. The front part of the brain responsible for controlling movement, body temperature,
and thinking skills like speaking, problem-solving, and decision-making; it also handles
sensory tasks like seeing, hearing, and feeling touch
☐ Long-Term Memory (LTM)
☑ Cerebrum
☐ Cramming
☐ Discovery Learning
9. Plays a crucial role in decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation
☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
☐ Multitasking
☐ Acquisition
☑ Prefrontal Cortex
10. The initial processing of information, converting sensory input into a form that
the brain can store and use
☑ Encoding
☐ Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
☐ Neurons
Complete MCQ Test & Answer Key
Learners and Learning Science
(Western Governors University)
, lOMoARcPSD|516 483 32
Complete Multiple Choice Study Guide
1. The study of the brain and nervous system
☐ Punishment
☑ Neuroscience
☐ Cerebellum
☐ Classification
2. Thinking activities such as remembering, understanding, problem-solving, and decision-
making, including how people get, use, and store information in their minds
☐ Classification
☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition
☑ Cognition
☐ Operant Conditioning
3. Tiny cells in the brain that work together like an extensive communication network
☐ Learning Science
☐ Neuroplasticity
☑ Neurons
☐ Constructivism
4. Plays a crucial role in acquiring new knowledge, honing cognitive skills, and adapting to
the challenges of formal education
☐ Industry v. Inferiority Stage
☐ Retrieval
☑ Neurodevelopment
☐ Embodied Mind Perspective
5. Part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord; oversees important jobs like keeping the
heart beating regularly, controlling breathing, managing blood flow, and controlling
automatic actions like sneezing and swallowing
☑ Brain Stem
☐ Elaboration
☐ Classification
☐ Sensorimotor Stage
, lOMoARcPSD|516 483 32
6. Deep in the brain, it is like an emotional control center helping handle feelings
like happiness, fear, and sadness
☐ Feedback-Driven Metacognition
☑ Limbic System
☐ Cramming
☐ Storage
7. Located at the back of the head, the 'little brain' helps control voluntary
muscle movements, posture, and balance
☐ Retrieval
☐ Retrieval Practice
☑ Cerebellum
☐ Hippocampus
8. The front part of the brain responsible for controlling movement, body temperature,
and thinking skills like speaking, problem-solving, and decision-making; it also handles
sensory tasks like seeing, hearing, and feeling touch
☐ Long-Term Memory (LTM)
☑ Cerebrum
☐ Cramming
☐ Discovery Learning
9. Plays a crucial role in decision-making, impulse control, and emotional regulation
☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
☐ Multitasking
☐ Acquisition
☑ Prefrontal Cortex
10. The initial processing of information, converting sensory input into a form that
the brain can store and use
☑ Encoding
☐ Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
☐ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
☐ Neurons
