1. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the third stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
(a) Mourning the trauma.
(b) Understanding the triggers and responses.
(c) Retelling and reconstructing the trauma in a safe environment.
(d) Acting out the trauma in a real world environment.

2. What prison psychologist states that some psychopaths can learn empathy by playing the role of their victims and by hearing and reading the statements of their victims?
(a) Richard Davidson.
(b) Peter Salovey.
(c) William Pithers.
(d) Ted Huston.

3. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the first?
(a) Challenge the angry thoughts before taking action.
(b) Find someone to council you about the anger.
(c) Remove yourself from the setting that triggers the anger.
(d) Release the anger in a constructive manner.

4. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the first stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
(a) Retelling and reconstructing the trauma in a safe environment.
(b) Acting out the trauma in a real world environment.
(c) Understanding the triggers and responses.
(d) Mourning the trauma.

5. 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 self-aware.
(c) The accepting.
(d) The justified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychologist states that psychopaths may lack compassion and empathy for others because they themselves do not feel fear and cannot anticipate consequences in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

2. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was originated in what country?

3. What term refers to a learning disability in reading nonverbal messages?

4. What name refers to the groups of nuclei in the limbic system which store emotional memory assigning meaning to feelings?

5. Psychologists Daniel Weinberger and Richard Davidson researched what group of people who appear to tune-out their emotions?

(see the answer key)

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