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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude,” the superior achievement of Asian-Americans comes more from what than from IQ?
(a) Genetics and environment.
(b) Politics and religion.
(c) Culture and music.
(d) Effort and determination.

2. According to an example in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” when girls play a sports game and one gets injured, what happens?
(a) The game stops and attention goes to the one injured.
(b) New rules are made to avoid repeat injuries.
(c) The game is cancelled and everyone goes home.
(d) The player that caused the injuries is ejected from the game.

3. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?
(a) “In tune.”
(b) “Hypersensitive.”
(c) “On par.”
(d) “In flow.”

4. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?
(a) New York University.
(b) Pennsylvania State University.
(c) The University of Wisconsin.
(d) The University of Washington.

5. According to researchers in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” girls learn what faster than boys, and therefore become more skilled at expressing and reading emotions?
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?

2. Marriages that began in 1890 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?

3. Walter Mischel’s test in the 1960s measured what?

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the first?

5. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the third?

(see the answer key)

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