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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?
(a) The olfactory lobe.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The limbic system.
(d) The neocortex.

2. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude,” the superior achievement of Asian-Americans comes more from what than from IQ?
(a) Culture and music.
(b) Genetics and environment.
(c) Effort and determination.
(d) Politics and religion.

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

4. According to the author in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart,” one management consultant stated that “stress makes people” what?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Take risks.
(d) Mean.

5. Engineers at Bell Labs were studied to see how well teams of 5 to how many could work together?
(a) 75.
(b) 150.
(c) 20.
(d) 230.

Short Answer Questions

1. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the first?

2. Dr. John Gottman worked with whom to identify the three most toxic parenting styles?

3. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the second stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

4. Marriages that began in 1890 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?

5. Dolf Zillmann found that the universal trigger for anger is what?

(see the answer key)

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