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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Dr. Charles Nemeroff born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1958.

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

3. Physical changes in the brains of PTSD sufferers include: increased production of stress hormones and a lowered ability to control what response?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Objective thinking.
(c) Fear conditioning.
(d) Neural hijacking.

4. 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”?
(a) T. Berry Brazelton.
(b) Ted Huston.
(c) C. R. Snyder.
(d) Robert Hare.

5. What percentage or more of an emotional message is communicated non-verbally?
(a) 35%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?

2. Dr. David Spiegel is the Associate Chair of Psychiatry at what institution?

3. Dr. John Gottman is a professor emeritus at what university?

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

5. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

(see the answer key)

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