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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) Thomas Borkovec.
(b) Peter Sifneos.
(c) Bruce McEven.
(d) Lewis Terman.

2. 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?
(a) Objective thinking.
(b) Anger management.
(c) Neural hijacking.
(d) Fear conditioning.

3. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Rage.
(c) Depression.
(d) Suicide.

4. 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?
(a) Proteins.
(b) Enzymes.
(c) Catecholamines.
(d) Carbohydrates.

5. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?
(a) “In tune.”
(b) “On par.”
(c) “Hypersensitive.”
(d) “In flow.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the first?

2. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?

3. What component of the brain remembers facts and context?

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

5. Daniel Goleman currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at what university?

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