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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. What psychologist states that psychopaths may lack compassion and empathy for others because they themselves do not feel fear and cannot anticipate consequences in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Robert Hare.
(b) Ted Huston.
(c) C. R. Snyder.
(d) T. Berry Brazelton.

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

3. Dr. Antonio Damasio works at the College of Medicine at what university?
(a) The University of Iowa.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Pennsylvania State University.

4. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Kansas.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Emory University.
(d) The University of Washington.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” balancing the extremes of emotion leads to a state of well-being, or what the early Christian church called what?

2. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?

3. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?

4. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?

5. What does “DSM” refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Psychologist John Mayer, of the University of New Hampshire, names three styles of handling one's emotions. How are these described in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?

3. What did Daniel Stern term the process of reinforcing empathy in children? How is this defined in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

4. What are the purposes of the left and right pre-frontal lobes in the brain?

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

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

7. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?

8. Where in the brain is the limbic system located? What purpose does this section of the brain serve?

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

10. What discovery did Joseph LeDoux make in the study of emotional hijacking?

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