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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Emotionally abused children develop keen skills in interpreting the moods of others as a means of what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Rage.
(b) Survival.
(c) Reliance.
(d) Competition.

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

3. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The brainstem.

4. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Sociologist.
(c) Psychiatrist.
(d) Neuroscientist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During an emotional hijacking, emotions interfere with what, also known as the ability to take in and process information?

2. What are released by the adrenal glands as a reaction to stress, raising blood pressure, heart rate and the breathing rate and increasing muscle strength in a state of alertness?

3. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?

4. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?

5. At what age can children separate their own feelings from the feelings of others, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

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