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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, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?
(a) The length of the distressing emotion.
(b) The switch to a different emotion.
(c) The intensity of that emotion.
(d) When to have no emotion at all.

2. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?
(a) The University of New Hampshire.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Claremont Graduate University.
(d) New York University.

3. Dr. Antonio Damasio studied patients who suffered damage to what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) Their prefrontal-amygdala circuit.
(d) The limbic system.

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. Which of these experience and control their emotions to that they remain on an even keel?
(a) The engulfed.
(b) The accepting.
(c) The self-aware.
(d) The justified.

5. What component of the brain remembers facts and context?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The hippocampus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?

3. Fear arouses the body to fight or flight by doing what within the body?

4. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?

5. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?

(see the answer key)

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