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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a study by psychologist Martin Seligman, salesmen who were optimists sold how much more insurance in their first two years on the job than did pessimists?
(a) 37%.
(b) 76%.
(c) 18%.
(d) 52%.

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

4. Fear arouses the body to fight or flight by doing what within the body?
(a) Increasing awareness.
(b) Causing respiration to decrease.
(c) Decreasing brain activity.
(d) Sending blood to the major muscles.

5. What is the first part of the human fetal brain to develop?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) The neocortex.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The amygdala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to being aware of one's mood and one's thoughts about that mood at the same time?

2. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?

3. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?

4. Venting anger generally does what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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