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Definitions
Levels of Culture
The Brain
Culturally Responsive
100

He sang, "I've got spurs that jingle, jingle, jangle."

Gene Autry

100

How we think, what we think, and how we behave and act.

What is a mental model

100

The number of cultural levels are:

What is 3?

100

RAS stands for:

What is the Reticular Activation System

100

Four types of memory systems

What are Semantic, Episodic, Procedural, and Reflexive?

200

People get goosebumps to:

What is, ward off predators

200

Behavior can be defined as: 

"The way a person acts in response to a stimulus that comes from the environment or another person. (An action designed to get a response.  Every behavior serves a function – getting something the person wants either internally or externally)."

200

Unspoken rules, social and familial.

What is shallow culture?

200

The guard dog of our brain

What is the Amygdala

200

Four components of learning

What are Gathering, Processing, Storing, and Retrieving?

300

This fruit works best as a natural meat tenderizer.

What is Pineapple

300

Discipline can be defined as:

 What is, "the practice of teaching others to obey rules or norms by using punishment to correct unwanted behaviors."

300

Represents a person's music, dress, food, and the holidays they observe.

What is Surface Culture?

300

The number of branches in the nervous system and their names

What is three - Parasympathetic, sympathetic, and polyvagal?

300

The importance of Mouth

What is, "You have to engage student voice in positive ways.  This gives the students the sense of belonging, value, and importance

400

 A wood frog hold it's urine for up to: 

What is 8 months

400

Our scheme is:

What is, "the place where we hold our deeply held beliefs and thoughts."

400

How we handle emotions, the importance of non-verbal communication, thoughts on character traits.

What is Shallow Culture?

400

This part of the brain can hyjack the RAS whenever there is a perceived threat whether it be physical or emotional

What is the Amygdala?
400

The three "R's" of Meaning

What are Relationship, Relevance, and Responsibility?

500

The M's in M&M's stand for:

Who are Mars and Murrie

500

Educere means:

What is, "to draw out - reflects a wholeness of recognizing talent, assets, experiences, strengths, and drawing them out of each student."

500

Cultural level where we hold our worldview, preferences for cooperation or competition, concept of self, how you make decisions, etc. 

What is Deep Culture?

500

This branch focuses on keeping a person connected to others.  This is the social area of our brain.  Humans by nature are social beings.  We are all hardwired to be part of a community that relies on each other for meeting all our base and higher levels needs.  

What is the Polyvagal?

500

Relationships, Expectations, and Balance

What are mutual respect and care, high expectations that are scaffolded, and balance of explicit instruction and authentic application

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