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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychologist developed a test for empathy called the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity?
(a) Robert Rosenthal.
(b) Ulf Dimberg.
(c) Thomas Borkovec.
(d) Paul Ekman.

2. The neocortex in humans is _____ than in other species.
(a) More pronounced.
(b) Less pronounced.
(c) Smaller.
(d) Larger.

3. Dr. David Spiegel studied women in the advanced stage of what disease?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Breast cancer.

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the second?
(a) The accepting.
(b) The justified.
(c) The self-aware.
(d) The engulfed.

5. Leslie Brody and who summarize research on the emotional development of boys and girls in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?
(a) Harry Levinson.
(b) Robert Levenson.
(c) Judith Hall.
(d) C. R. Snyder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the first piece of advice he gives?

2. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?

3. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?

4. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?

5. Psychologist Bruce McEven showed in studies that what weaken the immune system, increasing vulnerability to diabetes, ulcers, and the spread of cancer?

(see the answer key)

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