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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Encouraging relationships.
(b) Driving them to action.
(c) Portraying strength.
(d) Creating a universal language for all humans.

3. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?
(a) Neuroscience.
(b) Prison psychology.
(c) Developmental psychology.
(d) Marriage counseling.

4. When was Alfred Binet born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1905.

5. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the first?
(a) The justified.
(b) The accepting.
(c) The engulfed.
(d) The self-aware.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?

2. What are released by the adrenal glands as a reaction to stress, raising blood pressure, heart rate and the breathing rate and increasing muscle strength in a state of alertness?

3. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?

4. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?

5. Psychologist C. R. Snyder studied students’ grades in relation to their level of what?

(see the answer key)

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