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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the third piece of advice he gives?
(a) Be present.
(b) Offer a solution.
(c) Be specific.
(d) Be sympathetic.

2. According to studies by Richard Davidson, people who were cheerful in temperament showed more activity in what part of the brain?
(a) The left pre-frontal lobe.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The limbic system.

3. Where was author Daniel Goleman born?
(a) Stockton, California.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Twin Falls, Idaho.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.

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

5. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the third stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
(a) Mourning the trauma.
(b) Understanding the triggers and responses.
(c) Retelling and reconstructing the trauma in a safe environment.
(d) Acting out the trauma in a real world environment.

6. Marriages that began in 1890 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?
(a) 14%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 10%.

7. The neocortex in humans is _____ than in other species.
(a) Smaller.
(b) Larger.
(c) Less pronounced.
(d) More pronounced.

8. What does “SEL” stand for?
(a) Socially Endangered Limitations.
(b) Social and Emotional Learning.
(c) Short-term Experimental License.
(d) Specific Empathy Library.

9. Children who are disciplined irregularly or based on the mood of the parents learn what that can follow them through life, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Distress.

10. Dr. Charles Nemeroff is best known for his work in treating what?
(a) Depression.
(b) Paraphilia.
(c) Ekbom syndrome.
(d) Pyromania.

11. According to Dr. Charles Nemeroff, the sufferers of PTSD experience a numbing of pain thanks to a higher secretion of what?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Endorphins.
(c) Carbon Dioxide.
(d) Adrenaline.

12. In the doctor patient relationship, the doctor is trained to treat disease and injury but not what, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 11, “Mind and Medicine”?
(a) The financial needs of the patient.
(b) The emotional needs of the patient.
(c) The religious needs of the patient.
(d) The needs of the family.

13. According to an example in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” when girls play a sports game and one gets injured, what happens?
(a) The game is cancelled and everyone goes home.
(b) The game stops and attention goes to the one injured.
(c) New rules are made to avoid repeat injuries.
(d) The player that caused the injuries is ejected from the game.

14. Where did Dr. Charles Nemeroff earn his Ph.D. in neurobiology?
(a) Yale University.
(b) The University of Washington.
(c) The University of New Hampshire.
(d) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

15. T. Berry Brazelton is a pediatrician from what institution?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) The University of Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Psychologist Bruce McEven showed in studies that what weaken the immune system, increasing vulnerability to diabetes, ulcers, and the spread of cancer?

2. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the third?

3. According to the author in “Part Three: Chapter 11, Mind and Medicine,” various studies prove that helping people manage their emotions is a form of what?

4. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the second piece of advice he gives?

5. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the third described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

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