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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Kansas.
(b) Emory University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of Washington.

2. Walter Mischel works as a psychologist at what university?
(a) New York University.
(b) Pennsylvania State University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

3. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the first category?
(a) Managing emotions.
(b) Motivating one's self.
(c) Knowing one’s emotions.
(d) Handling relationships.

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

5. Psychologists Daniel Weinberger and Richard Davidson researched what group of people who appear to tune-out their emotions?
(a) Depressors.
(b) Distressors.
(c) Repressors.
(d) Aggressors.

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

7. Psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Thomas Borkovec work at what university?
(a) Pennsylvania State University.
(b) The University of Iowa.
(c) New York University.
(d) Yale University.

8. Who studied married couples and found that they had the most accurate empathy when their physical responses were in synch?
(a) Paul Ekman.
(b) Howard Gardner.
(c) Robert Levenson.
(d) Dolf Zillmann.

9. Emotionally abused children develop keen skills in interpreting the moods of others as a means of what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Reliance.
(b) Competition.
(c) Rage.
(d) Survival.

10. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Thought.
(b) Language.
(c) Anger.
(d) Empathy.

11. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?
(a) Knowing one’s emotions.
(b) Managing emotions.
(c) Motivating one's self.
(d) Handling relationships.

12. What is the first part of the human fetal brain to develop?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The hippocampus.

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

14. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?
(a) Factual.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Rational.
(d) Verbal.

15. What prison psychologist states that some psychopaths can learn empathy by playing the role of their victims and by hearing and reading the statements of their victims?
(a) Ted Huston.
(b) Peter Salovey.
(c) William Pithers.
(d) Richard Davidson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?

3. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?

4. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

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

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