1. For what publication did Daniel Goleman write for twelve years, specializing in psychology and brain sciences?
(a) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Denver Post.
(d) The New York Times.

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

3. Fear arouses the body to fight or flight by doing what within the body?
(a) Causing respiration to decrease.
(b) Increasing awareness.
(c) Decreasing brain activity.
(d) Sending blood to the major muscles.

4. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the third?
(a) Intentionality.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Relatedness.

5. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?
(a) When to have no emotion at all.
(b) The switch to a different emotion.
(c) The intensity of that emotion.
(d) The length of the distressing emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emotionally abused children develop keen skills in interpreting the moods of others as a means of what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

2. What does “DSM” refer to?

3. Neuroscientists Thorsten Wiesel and David Hubel proved that the neurons unused in the brain will do what?

4. Empathy is learned in infancy through what process?

5. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?

(see the answer key)

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