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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Walter Mischel’s test in the 1960s measured what?
(a) Marriages and arguments.
(b) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(c) Childhood obesity.
(d) Deferred gratification.

2. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the first piece of advice he gives?
(a) Offer a solution.
(b) Be sympathetic.
(c) Be specific.
(d) Be present.

3. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the second?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Relatedness.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Cooperativeness.

4. What does “PTSD” stand for?
(a) Present-time sociological disorder.
(b) Psychological teenage stress dysfunction.
(c) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Parental trauma suspension disorder.

5. Dr. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the first discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.
(b) Being too laissez-faire.
(c) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(d) Over acknowledgment of feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?

2. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?

3. Alexithymia refers to a state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing what?

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

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

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