PERSONAL D3V3LOPMENT

• Cerebrum


  Largest portion of the brain, responsible for most of the brain's function such as thought and movement
• Cerebrum


  • Divided into four lobes: temporal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, and frontal lobe
• Frontal lobe


  Takes charge of our thoughts, language, memory, learning and perception
• Occipital lobe


  Responsible for vision
• The cerebrum is divided into two halves, the left and right hemispheres, which look mostly symmetrical but not quite
• Right hemisphere


  Often associated with creativity
• Left hemisphere


  Associated with logical abilities
• Corpus callosum


  Bundle of axons that connects the two hemispheres and sends messages from one side to the other
• Females have thicker corpus callosum than males
• Damage to the left hemisphere is associated with speech abnormalities
• The left hemisphere is correlated with handedness
• Intrapersonal intelligence


  Ability to understand ourselves, who we are, and what makes us the way that we are
• Naturalistic intelligence


  Ability to recognize and categorize things, love of nature and seeing patterns in how nature works
• Thinking is difficult to define, everyday thinking does not require effort but effortful thinking is required for complex tasks
• Creative thinking


  Production of effective novelty through the operation of our mental processes
• Critical thinking


  Reasoning and judgment to see a better picture of the information presented
• Creative thinking depends on our ability to represent what has been done, both procedural and declarative processes
• Creative thinking involves "breaking out" of old conceptual frameworks and creating new ones
• Creative thinking requires the ability to represent relations and see relationships between different things
• A neurological basis of creativity is explained by a distinctive wave-pattern using the computation approach
• Mind mapping


  Technique that maps out information in a visual, non-linear way to spark further creativity and enhance brain functions
• The brain is divided into left and right hemispheres with different functions, but they work cooperatively
• The Whole Brain Model proposes four quadrants of brain functioning: analytical, visual/spatial, feeling/emotional, and holistic/intuitive
• Visual-Spatial Intelligence


  • Ability to perceive the visual, think in pictures, create vivid mental images, understand charts and graphs, sketch, paint, create visual images, construct and fix design
• Musical Intelligence


  • Ability to produce and appreciate music, think in sounds, rhythms, and patterns, respond to music, sing, play musical instruments, recognise sounds and tonal patterns, compose music, remember melodies
• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence


  • Ability to control body movements and handle objects skilfully, express themselves through movement, good sense of balance and hand-eye coordination, remember and process information through interacting with space, dance, physical coordination, sports, crafts, acting, miming, using hands to create or build
• Interpersonal Intelligence


  • Ability to relate to and understand other people, sense feelings, intentions, and motivations, recognise non-verbal language like body language, see things from other perspectives, listen, use empathy, understand other people's moods and feelings, communicate verbally and non-verbally
• Critical Thinking


  Requires logic and coherence to analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and interpret information rather than simply apply technical abilities. Involves evaluating claims and arguments, formulating good arguments, and arranging information in a coherent way
• Exercises in critical thinking

  • Looking for cause and effect, making generalizations
• Critical thinking is necessary to avoid mistakes in determining cause and effect and making generalizations
• Critical Thinking


  1. Evaluate whether claim is true or argument is good

  2. Formulate good arguments as we evaluate ideas, information, and sources

  3. Arrange information in a coherent way by making connections, considering alternatives, and assessing implications
• Student varsity players should be given leniency in their academic requirements such as assignments and projects
• The brain is the seat of the mind and responsible for mental functioning
• Brain Dominance Theory


  Our behavior is a function of the heightened activity of either the left or right brain hemisphere
• Whole Brain Model


  Brain-behavior relationship is a function of the interconnected brain activities
• Howard Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences
• Eight distinct intelligences


  • Linguistic
  • Logico-mathematical
  • Spatial
  • Bodily-kinesthetic
  • Musical
  • Interpersonal
  • Intrapersonal
  • Naturalist
• Mind mapping


  A visual thinking tool that enhances creativity
• Creative thinking


  The production of effective novelty through the operation of mental processes
• Critical thinking


  Thinking that requires logic and coherence in analyzing and interpreting information