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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Timid.
(b) Bold.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Upbeat.

2. According to the author in Part Five: Chapter 15, “The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy,” emotional illiterates tend toward what?
(a) Depression.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Distress.

3. 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) Aggression.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Distress.
(d) Confidence.

4. What does “PTSD” stand for?
(a) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Psychological teenage stress dysfunction.
(c) Present-time sociological disorder.
(d) Parental trauma suspension disorder.

5. Dr. David Spiegel is one of the most respected experts in the clinical uses of what?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Psychotherapy.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Fear conditioning.

6. Psychologist Richard Davidson discovered a link between temperament and what?
(a) The hippocampus.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) Pre-frontal lobe activity.
(d) The neocortex.

7. Dr. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the first discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Being too laissez-faire.
(b) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(c) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.
(d) Over acknowledgment of feelings.

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

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

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

11. Jerome Kagan is a developmental psychologist from what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of New Hampshire.
(c) The University of Alabama.
(d) Yale University.

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

13. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the second?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Relatedness.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Cooperativeness.

14. What, like other chronic negative emotions, increases the risks of complications during recovery from illness or surgery, according to the author in “Part Three: Chapter 11, Mind and Medicine”?
(a) Dyspareunia.
(b) Hypomania.
(c) Depression.
(d) Schizophrenia.

15. The predisposition for melancholy or cheerfulness appears in what stage of development, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
(a) The seventh year of life.
(b) The third year of life.
(c) The first year of life.
(d) The ninth year of life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Marriages that began in 1990 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?

3. According to an example in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” when boys play a sports game and one gets injured, the injured is expected to do what?

4. Leslie Brody and who summarize research on the emotional development of boys and girls in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?

5. According to an example in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” when girls play a sports game and one gets injured, what happens?

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