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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Claremont Graduate University.
(d) The University of New Hampshire.

2. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?
(a) Daniel Weinberger.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) William Stern.
(d) Leslie Brody.

3. What refers to being aware of one's mood and one's thoughts about that mood at the same time?
(a) Neural hijacking.
(b) Working memory.
(c) Self-awareness.
(d) Objective thinking.

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

5. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Empathy.
(b) Language.
(c) Anger.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Alfred Binet born?

3. What does “DSM” refer to?

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. Which of these experience and control their emotions to that they remain on an even keel?

5. What is medically recognized as a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of depression, discontent and indifference to the world around them?

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