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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Alfred Binet born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1813.

2. What is the first part of the human fetal brain to develop?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The hippocampus.

3. What name refers to the groups of nuclei in the limbic system which store emotional memory assigning meaning to feelings?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The olfactory lobe.
(d) The amygdala.

4. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) The neocortex.
(c) The amygdala.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

5. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Portraying strength.
(b) Encouraging relationships.
(c) Driving them to action.
(d) Creating a universal language for all humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?

2. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?

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

4. In 1916, at Stanford University, what psychologist released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test"?

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

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