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09/07/2006

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Hindbrain
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Survival brain-responsible for breathing, digestion, ect...
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Neocortex
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Thinking Brain-consist of the Left and Right brain and does the thinking and things like that.
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What are the four lobes of the brain?
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Occipital,parietal,temporal,and frontal
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What does the parietal lobe control?
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body sensations,touch
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What does the frontal lobe control?
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Planning,controls different body parts.
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The temporal lobe controls?
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Hearing
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The Occipital lobe controls?
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Vision
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Limbic System
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Feeling Brain-generates emotion
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What are the three basic learning styles?
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Visual,Auditory,Kinesthetic
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Which side of the brain revoles around talking,reading,thinking,and reasoning?
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Left-brain
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Which side of the brain focuses on processing information, comprehending spatial relationships,recognizing patterns,and expressing emotion?
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Right-brain
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Those who learn best by favoring the left-brain are called?
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Linear Learners
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Those who learnbest by favoring the right-brain are called?
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global learners
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Who created the theory of Multiple Intelligences?
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Howard Gardner
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who created the equation to predicting himan behavior?
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J.B Rotters
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what part of the limbic system was reffered to as "homeland security" meaning it is constantly processing emotions, especially aggresion and fear?
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Limbic System
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Who created the triune brain theory?
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Paul McLean
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What role does the hippocampus serve in the limbic system?
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The Memory
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this man created the fight or flight theory?
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Walter Cannon
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Which component is the easiest to control?
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Acting
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what are Five components of total behavior in choice theory?
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Love/Belonging,Power,Fun,Freedom,and Physiology
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what are the positive aspects in learning how to delay gratification?
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Higher SAT scores,better relationships
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What are the Eight different intelligences?
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Verbal,Mathmatical,Visual,Kinesthetic, Interpersonal,Intrapersonal,Musical, and Naturalist
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Hypothalamus
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regulates the secretion of hormones by the pituitary gland.
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Amygdala
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Part of the limbic system that associates events with emotions.
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This part of the brain is divided into 2 hemispheres that control body function?
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Neocortex
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Using body movements and hands-on experience is the best way for what type of learner to retain info?
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Kinesthetic
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Seeing and envisioning things to facilitate learning is exhibited in what type of learner?
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Visual
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What is a locus of control?
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Where yo place responsibility for control over your life.(center of focus)
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This is your feeling brain. It's called this because it plays a major part in generating emotion.
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The Limbic System
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What type of thinking is the right brain responsible for?
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Intuition, Creativity, Art and music.
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What is social learning theory and who developed it?
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States that personality is a result of interaction between an individual and his/her environment. Developed by Julian B. Rotter.
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Why is fight or flight not a good system for long term stress?
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the long term stress compounds and your body keeps releasing chemicals that casue heightened alertness, this can cause road rage or hypertension.
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Hearing info aloud is the most useful way for what type of learner to retain information?
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Auditory
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What type of thinking does the left brain deal with?
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Analytic thought, Logic, Language, Math and science
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Define Fight or Flight response?
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body automatically releases chemicals that heighten awareness, lift heart rate, extra fuel for running or fighting.
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What experiment was conducted to show impulse control and who was it conducted by?
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The Marshmellow experiment was conducted by Walter Mischel in the 60's
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Name 3 ways to counteract the fight or flight response.
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Physical exersion, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises.
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Describe brain dominance theory?
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A theory that states that people use different sides of their brains to possess different types of information.
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Hippocampus
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Converts information into longterm memory. Deals mostly with the recall process
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Do left brain learners pefer to learn information as a whole or step by step?
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Step by Step
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Name at least one of the components that make up J.B Rotters equation to predicting human behavior
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Locus of Control
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TRUE or FALSE:
Fight or flight reaction is a learned behavior
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FALSE
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who created the triune brain theory
Definition
Paul Mclean
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Do right brain learners peger to process information verbally or non-verbally
Definition
non verbally
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Having a realistic perception of your own strengths and weaknesses is considered a high level of which intelligence type?
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INTERPERSONAL
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What does the neocortex use to transmit and recieve information?
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Nuerons
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According to the Brain Dominace theory do the two hemispherses interfere with each other or do they collaborate togeather
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Interfere
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If a person had a high level of visual/spatial intelligence do you think they would be more right or left brained
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Right
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If you are consciously trying to stop yourself from overreacting to a situation which part of the brain should you try to tap into?
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NeoCortex
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What job does the hippocampus serve in the limbic system?
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Long term memory
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Does the ability to strengthen and combine the 3 learning styles increase or decrese with age?
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Increase
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Having a realistic perception of your own strengths and weaknesses is considered a high level of which intelligence type?
Definition
INTERPERSONAL
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