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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a Stanford University Medical School study find to be the emotion that does the most damage to the heart?
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Fear.

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

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

4. According to the author in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart,” the days of the bully manager are over in favor of building what in the workplace?
(a) Friendships and respect.
(b) Consensus and harmony.
(c) Positive attitude.
(d) Company pride.

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) Understanding the triggers and responses.
(b) Acting out the trauma in a real world environment.
(c) Mourning the trauma.
(d) Retelling and reconstructing the trauma in a safe environment.

6. 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 emotional needs of the patient.
(b) The financial needs of the patient.
(c) The religious needs of the patient.
(d) The needs of the family.

7. 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) Schizophrenia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Hypomania.

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

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

10. 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) Over acknowledgment of feelings.
(c) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(d) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.

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

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

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

14. Where is neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel from?
(a) Finland.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Poland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The neocortex in humans is _____ than in other species.

2. What does “PTSD” stand for?

3. Though it was long believed that the thalamus sent signals to the neocortex that then went to the amygdala, research by what neuroscientist discovered a direct connection from the thalamus to the amygdala?

4. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the first stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

5. 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”?

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