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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psychologist Richard Davidson works at what university?
(a) Duke University.
(b) The University of Wisconsin.
(c) The University of New Hampshire.
(d) Emory University.

2. Psychologist John Lochman designed a program to retrain aggressive boys in what?
(a) Anger management.
(b) Verbal development.
(c) Fear conditioning.
(d) Deferred gratification.

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

4. 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?
(a) Deferred gratification.
(b) Disease prevention.
(c) Anger management.
(d) Fear conditioning.

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

6. Marriages that began in 1990 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?
(a) 89%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 67%.
(d) 34%.

7. At what institution does Dr. Redford Williams work?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Duke University.
(d) Rutgers University.

8. Psychologist Bruce McEven showed in studies that what weaken the immune system, increasing vulnerability to diabetes, ulcers, and the spread of cancer?
(a) Anger and fear.
(b) Fear and loathing.
(c) Happiness and love.
(d) Stress and anxiety.

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

10. Sensitivity to prejudice has been addressed with what in an attempt to prevent lawsuits and conflict on the job?
(a) Religious courses.
(b) Diversity courses.
(c) Legal courses.
(d) Harassment courses.

11. 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 first year of life.
(b) The ninth year of life.
(c) The seventh year of life.
(d) The third year of life.

12. 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) Timid.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Upbeat.
(d) Bold.

13. John Lochman is a psychologist at what university?
(a) Duke University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Emory University.
(d) Rutgers University.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the seven key factors of a child’s readiness for learning defined by T. Berry Brazelton means engaging with others?

2. At what institution does psychologist Bruce McEven work?

3. Who found that husbands find disagreements more stressful and therefore have a lower threshold for flooding leading them to stonewall as a protective defense?

4. Jerome Kagan is a developmental psychologist from what university?

5. Emotional intelligence can be called what, according to the author in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?

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