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PerDev Powers of The Mind Lesson Activities
PerDev Powers of The Mind Lesson Activities
PerDev Powers of The Mind Lesson Activities
In the previous lesson you learned that stress and stressors are physiological and
psychological response which is termed as “adaption syndrome”. It means that you
cannot control the stressors around you. Stress is a stimulus that disturbs your
physical and mental health.
Now, this module will help you learn the powers of the mind. It was said that mind power
is one of the strongest and most useful powers you possess. This power consists of your
thoughts. The thoughts that pass through your mind are responsible for everything that
happens in your life. Your predominant thoughts influence your behavior and attitude and
control your actions and reactions. As your thoughts are, so is your life.
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What is It
A. Instructions: The region of the brain must be labeled. Your challenge is to write the
correct name for each.
The brain is the most complex part of the human body. This three-pound
organ is the seat of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, initiator of body
movement, and controller of behavior. Lying in its bony shell and washed by
protective fluid, the brain is the source of all the qualities that define our
humanity. The brain is the crown jewel of the human body.
B. Instructions: Identify what is being asked. Choose your answers in the word bank
given.
1. This part of the brain is a lobe found at the front of the brain and controls
thinking and creating.
2. This lobe helps us find our way and recognize objects and their uses, and
experiences sensations such as pain, pressure, touch, and temperature.
3. This part of the brain is a lobe found at the back of the head. It is here that
messages from the eyes are interpreted.
4. This lobe is found next to our ears. It helps us hear, plan our speech, and
remember.
5. This part of the brain coordinates our physical skills and balance.
6. This part of the brain connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord.
C. Instructions: What action would you expect each hemisphere be in charge off?
Enumerate at least 5 things each from the words given below.
Creativity Logic
Language Imagination
Intuition Reasoning
Right hemisphere is responsible for control of the left side of the body and is
the more artistic and creative side of the brain. While Left Hemisphere is
responsible for control of the right side of the body and is the more academic
and logical side of the brain.
E. Directions: Read and analyze each statement below and carefully choose the
letter that best describe the statement. Write only the LETTER of the correct
answer.
1. What is the basic functional units of the nervous system and are key to brain
function? They are comprised of a nerve cell body, axon and dendrite.
a. Lobes
b. Neurons
c. Cerebrum
d. Cerebellum
2. What lobe determine the personality and emotions?
a. Temporal
b. Frontal
c. Parietal
d. Occipital
3. Who tend to be more emotional swayed by feeling and seem to view things
and events through feelings?
a. Types of mind-mapping
b. Right-brained individuals
c. Left-brained individuals
d. Computerized
4. What can happen when brain processes malfunction?
a. Mental illness
b. Tremors
c. Symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease
d. All of the above
5. What do you call the doughnut shaped system of neural structures at the
border of the brainstem and cerebral hemisphere; associated with emotions?
a. Limbic system
b. Somatic nervous system
c. Peripheral nervous system
d. Endocrine system
6. What is underneath the limbic system, responsible for vital life functions?
a. Thalamus
b. Brain stem
c. Cerebellum
d. Hippocampus
7. How many hemispheres in your brain?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
8. What are the characteristics of a person who is left?
a. list maker. enjoys making master schedules. completes things in
order.usually good with math, spelling, directions.
b. not time conscious, recalls people’s faces, or gestures when speaking
c. spontaneous or impulsive
d. person uses intuitive processing
9. What is a chemical in the brain that is associated with pleasure?
a. GABA (gamma-amino butyric acid)
b. Serotonin
c. Dopamine
d. None of the above