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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Relatedness.
(c) Attunement.
(d) Confidence.

2. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?
(a) Thomas Borkovec.
(b) Peter Sifneos.
(c) Bruce McEven.
(d) Lewis Terman.

3. The author refers to EI as which of the following?
(a) An inherited gene.
(b) A meta-ability.
(c) A clinical disease.
(d) An adverse reaction.

4. What name refers to the groups of nuclei in the limbic system which store emotional memory assigning meaning to feelings?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The amygdala.

5. What refers to being aware of one's mood and one's thoughts about that mood at the same time?
(a) Neural hijacking.
(b) Working memory.
(c) Objective thinking.
(d) Self-awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Antonio Damasio labels what are commonly known as “gut feelings” with what term?

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?

3. What does “EI” stand for?

4. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?

5. Psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Thomas Borkovec work at what university?

(see the answer key)

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