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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the third described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Bold.
(c) Upbeat.
(d) Timid.

2. Children who are disciplined irregularly or based on the mood of the parents learn what that can follow them through life, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Distress.
(d) Empathy.

3. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?
(a) John Gottman.
(b) Leslie Brody.
(c) Daniel Weinberger.
(d) William Stern.

4. In 1916, at Stanford University, what psychologist released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test"?
(a) Robert Levenson.
(b) Robert Hare.
(c) Lewis Terman.
(d) Bruce McEven.

5. In the study at Bell Labs, the star performers were identified as the ones who know the value of building what, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”?
(a) Objective thinking.
(b) Self-awareness.
(c) Informal networks.
(d) Confidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following criticism from Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee, Nemeroff resigned as chair of the psychiatry department at what institution?

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

3. What does “IQ” stand for?

4. The author refers to EI as which of the following?

5. What are released by the adrenal glands as a reaction to stress, raising blood pressure, heart rate and the breathing rate and increasing muscle strength in a state of alertness?

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