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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Language.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Thought.

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?
(a) Motivating one's self.
(b) Managing emotions.
(c) Knowing one’s emotions.
(d) Handling relationships.

3. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?
(a) Prison psychology.
(b) Neuroscience.
(c) Marriage counseling.
(d) Developmental psychology.

4. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The hippocampus.
(c) The olfactory lobe.
(d) The amygdala.

5. When was Daniel Goleman born?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Antonio Damasio labels what are commonly known as “gut feelings” with what term?

2. Fear arouses the body to fight or flight by doing what within the body?

3. What component of the brain remembers facts and context?

4. Psychologists Daniel Weinberger and Richard Davidson researched what group of people who appear to tune-out their emotions?

5. Howard Gardner works at what institution?

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