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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. David Spiegel studied women in the advanced stage of what disease?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Alzheimer's.

2. Where did Dr. Charles Nemeroff earn his Ph.D. in neurobiology?
(a) The University of New Hampshire.
(b) Yale University.
(c) The University of Washington.
(d) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3. Empathy is learned in infancy through what process?
(a) Immediate response.
(b) Motor mimicry.
(c) Instant gratification.
(d) Crying.

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

5. In a study by psychologist Martin Seligman, salesmen who were optimists sold how much more insurance in their first two years on the job than did pessimists?
(a) 18%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 37%.
(d) 76%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the first piece of advice he gives?

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

3. Psychologist C. R. Snyder works at what university?

4. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the third stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

5. Following criticism from Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee, Nemeroff resigned as chair of the psychiatry department at what institution?

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