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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?
(a) Claremont Graduate University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) The University of New Hampshire.

2. 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) Survival.
(b) Reliance.
(c) Rage.
(d) Competition.

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

4. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the third?

2. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?

3. Psychologist C. R. Snyder studied students’ grades in relation to their level of what?

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?

5. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did William Pithers discover about empathy in psychopaths, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

2. How is dyssemia defined in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? How common is dyssemia?

3. Psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Thomas Borkovecresearched worry and recommend two steps to reverse the worry habit. How are these described in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

4. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?

5. What did Daniel Stern term the process of reinforcing empathy in children? How is this defined in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

6. What term does Dr. Antonio Damasio give for “gut feelings”? What is their importance?

7. How is the amygdala capable of surpassing the neocortex in moments of emotional hijacking?

8. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?

9. Where in the brain is the limbic system located? What purpose does this section of the brain serve?

10. What is the purpose of the neocortex? When was the neocortex developed in mammals?

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