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11/02/2005

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The front section of the brain is called?
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Neocortex
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Neocrotex consists of?
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Left Hemisphere and Right Hemisphere
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What are the four larger lobes of the Neo Cortex?
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Occipital, Parietal, Temporal, Frontal
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What are the responsibilities of the Neocortex?
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Muscle control, memory
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What is the central area of the brain called?
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Limbic System
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What are the components of the limbic system?
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Amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, nuclei, cingular gyrus, septum
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What are the responsibilities of the Limbic system?
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Memory, wide range of emotional responses, hormones
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What is the lower section of the brain known as?
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Hindbrain
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Another name for the Neocortex is?
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Thinking Brain
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Another name for the Limbic system is?
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Emotion brain
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Another name for the hindbrain is?
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Survival brain
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Components of the hindbrain are?
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Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum
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Responsibilities of the Hindbrain?
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Digestion, reproduction, circulation, breathing, Fight or Flight response
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The lobe at the temple of your head is?
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Frontal Lobe
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What are the responsibilities of the frontal lobe?
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Planning, inhibition of innapropriate beahviors, visceral emotion
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The lobe on the top of your head is called?
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Parietal lobe
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The Parietal lobe is responsible for?
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Body sensations, touch
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Lobe just above your neck is called?
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Occipital lobe
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Occipital lobe is responsible for?
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Vision
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Lobe located at the bridge of your nose is?
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Temporal Lobe
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Temproal Lobe is responsible for?
Definition
Hearing
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What are the three cognitive learning styles?
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Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic
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Seeing and envisioning information facilitate learning and ensure retention is this learning style...
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Visual
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Hearing information aloud is most useful for this learning style
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auditory
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Using body movements and hands on experience with data helps this learning style
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Kinesthetic
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Who came up with the multiple intelligences theory?
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Howard Gardner
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What year did Howard Gardner come up with his theory on Multiple intelligences?
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1943
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What is the definition of Multiple Intelligence theory?
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Humans have a set of 8 intelligences grouped into three larger categories. Object related int, object free int, Personal int.
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What are the components of Object-related intelligence?
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math and logic knowledge
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What are the components of object-Free intelligence?
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Music and language knowledge
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What are the components of Personal Intelligence?
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psychological perception of yourself or others
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What are the eight multiple intelligences?
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Verbal/Linguistic Mathmatical/Logical Visual/spatial Bodily/Kinesthetic Intra personal musical Naturalist
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When was the brain diminance theory introduced?
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1960s
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What is the brain dominance theory?
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Brain is seperated into two hemispheres. Left and Right.
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Another name for the left side of the brain and its functions?
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Linear brain. Deals with rational, logical, Sequential
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Another name for the right side of the brain and its functions?
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Global brain, creativity, intuiting, visual imagery.
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Individuals favoring there left brain favor what learning style?
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analytical
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Right brain people favor what learning style?
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relational learning
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What is a global learner?
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Right brained, creative learning, using examples.
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What is a linear learner?
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Left brained, prefers logic.
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What are the four influences of self efficacy?
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mastery experience, modeling, social persuasion, physiological arousal
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What does mastery experience mean?
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Experiencing successful performance of a given behavior
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What does modeling stand for?
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Vicarious learning
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What is social persuasion?
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Recieving encouragement and support from others
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Physiological arousal
Definition
Perceiving anxiety in conjuction with a given behavior.
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Who developed the Fight or Flight theory?
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Walter Cannon
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Ways to alleviate stress caused by Fight or Flight?
Definition
Exercise, meditation, breathing exercises
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Who developed the social learning theory?
Definition
J.B. Rotter
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What is the social learning theory?
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Personality is defined by the result of interaction between a person and their environment.
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What is the law of effect?
Definition
Individuals are compelled to seek positive stimulation and avoid negative stimulation.
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Four components of predicting bhavior?
Definition
behavior potential, expectancy, Reinforcement value, psychological situation
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What is behavior potential?
Definition
one's likelyhood to engage in a particular behavior in a given situation
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What is expectancy?
Definition
belief in behaviors likelyhood to achieve a particular outcome.
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What is reinforcement value?
Definition
measure of how desirable an outcome is to an individual.
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What is Psychological situation?
Definition
part of the external and internal world to which we respond
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What is Rotter's over all predictive formula?
Definition
BP=f(E&RV)

BehavioralPotential(BP)
is a function of expectancy(E)
and reinforcement value(RV)
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Characteristics of someone with an internal locus of control?
Definition
Attributes any of life's successes or failures to his own efforts
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Someone with an external Locus?
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Blames everyone and everything else for their successes or failures
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Elements of classical conditioning?
Definition
Conditioned stimulas, conditioned response. Unconditioned stimulas, Unconditioned response. Conditioned relationship
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Who discovered Choice Theroy?
Definition
Dr. William Glasser
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What are the five basic needs of choice theory?
Definition
Survival, Love, Freedom, Power, Fun
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What is choice theory?
Definition
All we do is behave, almost all behavior is chosen, we are driven by our biology to satisfy 5 basic needs
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What is the comparing place?
Definition
conceptual location in brain where we continually process information.
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What is total behavior?
Definition
All behavior is total behavior
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What are the four components of total behavior?
Definition
Acting, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
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