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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Disconnect from others.
(b) Overly attach themselves to others.
(c) Attain higher standards than others.
(d) Build relationships too early.

2. Daniel Goleman currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at what university?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) The University of Washington.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) New York University.

3. Dr. Antonio Damasio studied patients who suffered damage to what?
(a) Their prefrontal-amygdala circuit.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The limbic system.
(d) The neocortex.

4. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?
(a) The left pre-frontal lobe.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The amygdala.

5. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?
(a) Organizing groups.
(b) Personal connection.
(c) Negotiating solutions.
(d) Social analysis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prison psychologist states that some psychopaths can learn empathy by playing the role of their victims and by hearing and reading the statements of their victims?

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

4. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the fourth?

5. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. Which of these experience and control their emotions to that they remain on an even keel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?

2. What does Howard Gardner suggest regarding EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

3. How does researcher Paul Ekman describe his three “display rules” for emotions in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

4. What did William Pithers discover about empathy in psychopaths, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

5. The growth of the human fetal brain parallels the evolution of the brain in other species. What is the first part of the brain to develop and what purpose does this part of the brain serve?

6. What is the purpose of the neocortex? When was the neocortex developed in mammals?

7. What are the purposes of emotions? How have they helped human survival, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

8. How does the author compare IQ and EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

9. What are positive uses of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

10. What test of Robert Rosenthal’s is described in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”? How is the test described?

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