Our Brain
EQ : How does the brain work to influence our learning at school and our experiences in life? How can
we use this knowledge to help ourselves and others?
Questions
What are the different
sections of the human
brain, what do they all
control over the human
body?
What does the “Reptile
Level” section of the
brain do for the human
body?
What does the
“Mammal Level”
section of the brain do
for the human body?
What does the
“Executive Level”
section of the brain do
for the human body?
Notes
Forebrain Executive Level
“Air Traffic Control Tower” “Executive Center”
- Reasoning - Empathy
- Logical - Impulse Control
- Perspective - Abstract Thought
Limbic brain Mammal Level
“Emotional Center” “Attachment”
- Regulator - Our own significance
- Emotional Reactions
- Sense of Belonging
HindBrain Reptile Level
“Alarm Center” “Smoke Detector”
- Heart Rate - Temperature
- Breathing - Blood Pressure
- Sensory
- The most primitive part of the brain.
- Responsible for our safety and protection.
- Limits our ability to reason.
- When you feel unsafe, terrified, scared or threatened.
- Whenever you have TOO much stress.
- Flight; Fight; Freeze; Flip; Faint; Fawn.
- The part of the brain that controls our emotional response.
- Controls connections and attachments.
- Emotions change from calm to the “red zone”.
- Part of the “downstairs” section of the brain.
- Initiates the “Reptile Brain” behaviors.
- Small, Medium, and Large Emotions and Responses.
- The “upstairs” section of the brain.
- Approximately 25 years to develop.
- Responsible for problem solving.
- Responsible for logical reasoning.
- Helps you “pause” before reacting.
- Responsible for empathy and ability to see both sides.
- Self - regulation skills.