The Part of CAST's Three-Part Framework for Understanding How the Brain

question 8

Multiple Choice

The part of CAST's three-part framework for understanding how the brain works, referred to as the what of learning, is:

• A)the strategic system.
• B)the recognition system.​
• C)the affective system.​
• D)metacognition.​

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Definitions:

Primary Motor Area

A part of the frontal lobe in the brain responsible for the execution of voluntary movements by sending signals to skeletal muscles.

Neuron

A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; the basic building block of the nervous system.

Lateralized

Refers to the tendency for some neural functions or cognitive processes to be more dominant in one hemisphere of the brain than the other.

Amygdala

A part of the brain involved in emotion regulation, especially fear and pleasure responses, as well as memory processing.