PERDEV L6

• The brain has a lot to do with our behavior. It enables us to make sense of what is happening around us and allows us to think, understand, analyze, process etc.
• The brain


  • It is imperative that we equip ourselves with the knowledge of how to maximize the use of our brain and use it to the fullest
• The three major parts of the brain


  • The cerebrum
  • The cerebellum
  • The brain stem
• The cerebrum


  • It is the largest of the three brain sections, accounts for about 85 percent of the brain's weight, and has four lobes: the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobe
• The parietal lobe


  • Helps people understand what they see and feel
• The frontal lobe


  • Determines personality and emotions
• The occipital lobe


  • Vision functions are located here
• The temporal lobe


  • Hearing and word recognition abilities are located here
• The cerebellum


  • Controls our voluntary movement
• The brain stem


  • Connects the spinal cord and the brain, controls functions that keep people alive such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and food digestion
• Brain Dominance Theory


  Divides the brain into two sections: the left and the right hemisphere. The left hemisphere is responsible for analytical thinking and language functions, while the right hemisphere deals with holistic thinking, creativity, and visuals
• Whole Brain Model Theory

  The brain is divided into four quadrants, each responsible for our particular abilities
• First quadrant


  • Logical, analytical, facts-based, and quantitative in thinking
• Second quadrant


  • Sequential, organized, detailed, and well-planned in dealing with facts
• Third quadrant


  • Interpersonal, feelings, kinesthetics, and emotions
• Fourth quadrant


  • Holistic in thinking, more intuitive, integrates, and synthesizes information
• Thinking


  The best way to improve the thinking process is to exercise it
• Creative thinking


  The production of effective novelty through the operation of mental processes
• Ways to improve creative thinking


  • Painting
  • Choreographing dances
  • Composing songs
  • Writing stories and poems
  • Playing musical instruments
• Mind map


  A graphical technique that mirrors how a brain works, helps to make thinking visible through the use of symbols, colors, and other graphics
• Critical thinking


  The intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action
• Ways to improve critical thinking


  • Engaging in structured debates
  • Analyzing problems/situations given facts
  • Engaging in research