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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?
(a) Lewis Terman.
(b) Thomas Borkovec.
(c) Peter Sifneos.
(d) Bruce McEven.

2. Worriers believe they are planning ahead to ward off danger, but in fact, the act of worrying prevents them from what, according to the author?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Neural hijacking.
(c) Fight or flight.
(d) Objective thinking.

3. The author refers to EI as which of the following?
(a) An adverse reaction.
(b) A meta-ability.
(c) An inherited gene.
(d) A clinical disease.

4. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 2,000.

5. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?
(a) The olfactory lobe.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The limbic system.
(d) The neocortex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what publication did Daniel Goleman write for twelve years, specializing in psychology and brain sciences?

3. The left pre-frontal lobe of the brain can turn off or dampen what emotion?

4. Howard Gardner works at what institution?

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

(see the answer key)

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