Question | Answer |
What is a scotoma? | A sensory blind spot to information. EVERYONE HAS THEM, ALL THE TIME! |
The prefrontal cortex is called the ___________ brain. | Thinking |
What happens in the prefrontal cortex? | We consciously process and reflect on information (THINK) |
What is the lower, automatic brain sometimes called? | The Reactive Brain or autonomic nervous system |
What happens in the autonomic brain? | Information is reacted to instinctively, not processed through the thinking brain |
What does the Reticular Activating System (RAS) do? | It filters sensory information into the thinking brain. What is important TO YOU at the moment is allowed into the brain by this “gatekeeper.” |
What does the Amygdala do? | It routes information based on your emotional state. If your state is negative, information is blocked from the thinking brain and your reactive brain is in control. |
What does the Hippocampus do? | It connects new information to already processed information to process and store it. With practice, new learning is “grooved” into long term memory. |
What is Dopamine? | It is a neurotransmitter (chemical) produced when you are in a positive emotional state that carries electrical impulses across the synapses of nerve cells in the brain. |
What does a fixed mindset believe about your most basic qualities, like intelligence or talent? | That they are fixed traits that cannot be changed. |
What does a growth mindset believe about intelligence and talent? | These abilities can be changed and developed with dedication and hard work. |
What is self talk? | The talk you have with yourself in your head all the time. 50,000 thoughts a day! |
Define Potential | The possibility of what you can become. It is limited by your attitudes, habits, beliefs, and expectations |
This is something you want enough that you make an effort to reach it. | Goals |
This is a positive statement of something you want to achieve in the present tense like you've already accomplished it. It helps move you toward your goals. | Affirmation |
These are things you just do, often without thinking about how you got them or if they are good for you. | Habits |
These are shown by what you say or how you feel about something. We get this likes/dislikes from our experiences in life often without thinking about if they are good for us or not. | Attitudes |
What two parts of the brain make up the Limbic System? | Amygdala and Hippocampus |
What are the nerve cells in your brain called? | Neurons |