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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a learning disability in reading nonverbal messages?
(a) Dyscalculia.
(b) Dyssemia.
(c) Dyspraxia.
(d) Dyslexia.

2. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The amygdala.

3. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the third?
(a) Substituting.
(b) Minimizing.
(c) Exaggerating.
(d) Inventing.

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

5. For what publication did Daniel Goleman write for twelve years, specializing in psychology and brain sciences?
(a) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(b) The Denver Post.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

6. What does “IQ” stand for?
(a) Infinity Question.
(b) Intelligence Quotient.
(c) Insomnia Quotient.
(d) Indirect Question.

7. When was Alfred Binet born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1905.

8. 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) Robert Hare.
(b) Ted Huston.
(c) T. Berry Brazelton.
(d) C. R. Snyder.

9. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the first?
(a) Organizing groups.
(b) Social analysis.
(c) Negotiating solutions.
(d) Personal connection.

10. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Arborist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Neurologist.

11. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Portraying strength.
(b) Creating a universal language for all humans.
(c) Driving them to action.
(d) Encouraging relationships.

12. Dr. Antonio Damasio works at the College of Medicine at what university?
(a) Pennsylvania State University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Iowa.
(d) Rutgers University.

13. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the first?
(a) Exaggerating.
(b) Substituting.
(c) Inventing.
(d) Minimizing.

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

15. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?
(a) Claremont Graduate University.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of New Hampshire.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

3. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?

4. Dr. Antonio Damasio labels what are commonly known as “gut feelings” with what term?

5. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?

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