Why did monasteries become the most important center of European learning in the early Middle Ages? Do you think the learning systems we have in place today would have worked in the Middle Ages? Why, or why not?
Q2
Think about the last time that you mindlessly performed a task. Quite possibly your mind wandered as you drove to work this morning. Did you miss a turn? Perhaps you made your family’s favorite casserole, but you omitted an ingredient because you thought you recalled the recipe by heart. How did your family react to the altered dish? Describe your mindless task, and explain what types of information you should have paid attention to instead. What do you think are the most important cognitive processes involved? Why do you think that?
