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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The neocortex.
(c) The olfactory lobe.
(d) The left pre-frontal lobe.

2. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Attain higher standards than others.
(b) Disconnect from others.
(c) Build relationships too early.
(d) Overly attach themselves to others.

3. Psychiatrist Daniel Stern identified the process of reinforcing empathy in children as what?
(a) Metamorphosis.
(b) Enchantment.
(c) Reliance.
(d) Attunement.

4. Howard Gardner works at what institution?
(a) Emory University.
(b) The University of Wisconsin.
(c) The Harvard School of Education.
(d) Claremont Graduate University.

5. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Relatedness.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Attunement.

6. In 1916, at Stanford University, what psychologist released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test"?
(a) Robert Levenson.
(b) Lewis Terman.
(c) Robert Hare.
(d) Bruce McEven.

7. What researcher argues that the roots of morality come from empathy?
(a) Robert Hare.
(b) Jerome Kagan.
(c) Martin Hoffman.
(d) Richard Davidson.

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

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

10. The left pre-frontal lobe of the brain can turn off or dampen what emotion?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Distress.
(d) Love.

11. What are released by the adrenal glands as a reaction to stress, raising blood pressure, heart rate and the breathing rate and increasing muscle strength in a state of alertness?
(a) Enzymes.
(b) Proteins.
(c) Carbohydrates.
(d) Catecholamines.

12. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?
(a) Objective thinking.
(b) Anger management.
(c) Neural hijacking.
(d) Fear conditioning.

13. Worriers believe they are planning ahead to ward off danger, but in fact, the act of worrying prevents them from what, according to the author?
(a) Neural hijacking.
(b) Fight or flight.
(c) Objective thinking.
(d) Self-awareness.

14. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?
(a) Developmental psychology.
(b) Prison psychology.
(c) Neuroscience.
(d) Marriage counseling.

15. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 400,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?

3. What does “IQ” stand for?

4. Dolf Zillmann is a psychologist at what university?

5. Researcher Ulf Dimberg found that expressions of emotion are contagious with the transfer of mood coming from the more what person to others?

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