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

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) Rage.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Depression.
(d) Suicide.

2. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?
(a) Marriage counseling.
(b) Developmental psychology.
(c) Neuroscience.
(d) Prison psychology.

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

4. Walter Mischel’s test in the 1960s measured what?
(a) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Marriages and arguments.
(c) Childhood obesity.
(d) Deferred gratification.

5. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Build relationships too early.
(b) Disconnect from others.
(c) Attain higher standards than others.
(d) Overly attach themselves to others.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author refers to EI as which of the following?

3. Psychologist C. R. Snyder studied students’ grades in relation to their level of what?

4. Empathy is learned in infancy through what process?

5. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?

(see the answer key)

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