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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Neurologist.
(c) Arborist.
(d) Biologist.

2. Dr. Antonio Damasio works at the College of Medicine at what university?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) The University of Iowa.
(c) Pennsylvania State University.
(d) Harvard University.

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) Emotional Intelligence.
(b) Evolved Intelligence.
(c) Enlightened Intelligence.
(d) Euphoric Intelligence.

5. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?
(a) Attunement.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Relatedness.
(d) Rationality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the first category?

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

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

5. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?

(see the answer key)

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