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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Depression.
(d) Rage.

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?
(a) Knowing one’s emotions.
(b) Handling relationships.
(c) Motivating one's self.
(d) Managing emotions.

3. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?
(a) Fear conditioning.
(b) Anger management.
(c) Objective thinking.
(d) Neural hijacking.

4. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude,” the superior achievement of Asian-Americans comes more from what than from IQ?
(a) Effort and determination.
(b) Genetics and environment.
(c) Culture and music.
(d) Politics and religion.

5. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi works at what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Claremont Graduate University.
(d) Rutgers University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the first?

2. Dolf Zillmann is a psychologist at what university?

3. Alexithymics may suffer from a disconnection between the limbic system and what?

4. Psychologist C. R. Snyder works at what university?

5. Dolf Zillmann found that the universal trigger for anger is what?

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