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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the seven key factors of a child’s readiness for learning defined by T. Berry Brazelton means engaging with others?
(a) Relatedness.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Cooperativeness.
(d) Confidence.

2. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the fourth described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
(a) Upbeat.
(b) Bold.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Timid.

3. John Lochman is a psychologist at what university?
(a) New York University.
(b) Duke University.
(c) Emory University.
(d) Rutgers University.

4. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?
(a) New York University.
(b) Pennsylvania State University.
(c) The University of Washington.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

5. Dr. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the second discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(b) Being too laissez-faire.
(c) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.
(d) Over acknowledgment of feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a Stanford University Medical School study find to be the emotion that does the most damage to the heart?

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

3. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the fourth?

4. The predisposition for melancholy or cheerfulness appears in what stage of development, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

5. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s?

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