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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the first?
2. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?
3. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?
4. What psychologist developed a test for empathy called the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity?
5. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is emotional hijacking described in Part One: Chapter 2, “Anatomy of an Emotional Hijacking”?
2. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?
3. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?
4. What does Howard Gardner suggest regarding EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?
5. 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”?
6. 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”?
7. What are the purposes of the left and right pre-frontal lobes in the brain?
8. Where in the brain is the limbic system located? What purpose does this section of the brain serve?
9. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?
10. What did William Pithers discover about empathy in psychopaths, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the work of Paul Ekman and describe the three display rules described by Ekman in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What are examples of each of these rules? What dictates the display of each emotion?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and the concept of “flow.” How is flow defined? How do people in the state of flow perceive time and obstacles? How does one attain this state?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the work of Dr. Peter Sifneos and the condition of alexithymia. When was this condition identified? What characteristics do alexithymics exhibit? How are they perceived by others?
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