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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Daniel Goleman currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at what university?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) The University of Washington.

2. For what publication did Daniel Goleman write for twelve years, specializing in psychology and brain sciences?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) The Denver Post.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?

2. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?

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

4. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?

5. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

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