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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 names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the first?
(a) The justified.
(b) The accepting.
(c) The engulfed.
(d) The self-aware.

2. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?
(a) Peter Sifneos.
(b) Thomas Borkovec.
(c) Lewis Terman.
(d) Bruce McEven.

3. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?
(a) The olfactory lobe.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The hippocampus.

4. In 1916, at Stanford University, what psychologist released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test"?
(a) Bruce McEven.
(b) Robert Levenson.
(c) Lewis Terman.
(d) Robert Hare.

5. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 400,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

5. What does “IQ” stand for?

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