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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Howard Gardner works at what institution?
(a) Emory University.
(b) Claremont Graduate University.
(c) The University of Wisconsin.
(d) The Harvard School of Education.

2. The left pre-frontal lobe of the brain can turn off or dampen what emotion?
(a) Distress.
(b) Love.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Anger.

3. What does “IQ” stand for?
(a) Indirect Question.
(b) Insomnia Quotient.
(c) Infinity Question.
(d) Intelligence Quotient.

4. When was Daniel Goleman born?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1959.

5. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?
(a) Pennsylvania State University.
(b) The University of Washington.
(c) New York University.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?

2. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was originated in what country?

3. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

4. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?

5. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?

(see the answer key)

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