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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Objective thinking.
(b) Neural hijacking.
(c) Fear conditioning.
(d) Anger management.

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

3. The left pre-frontal lobe of the brain can turn off or dampen what emotion?
(a) Distress.
(b) Love.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Anger.

4. What does “EI” stand for?
(a) Enlightened Intelligence.
(b) Evolved Intelligence.
(c) Emotional Intelligence.
(d) Euphoric Intelligence.

5. What component of the brain remembers facts and context?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The hippocampus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D.?

2. When was Alfred Binet born?

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

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

5. Dr. Antonio Damasio studied patients who suffered damage to what?

(see the answer key)

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