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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. Dr. Antonio Damasio labels what are commonly known as “gut feelings” with what term?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Somatic markers.
(c) Informal networks.
(d) Working memory.

2. In a study by psychologist Martin Seligman, salesmen who were optimists sold how much more insurance in their first two years on the job than did pessimists?
(a) 76%.
(b) 37%.
(c) 18%.
(d) 52%.

3. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?
(a) Motivating one's self.
(b) Knowing one’s emotions.
(c) Managing emotions.
(d) Handling relationships.

4. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?
(a) The University of Washington.
(b) New York University.
(c) Pennsylvania State University.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

5. 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?
(a) Fear conditioning.
(b) Anger management.
(c) Neural hijacking.
(d) Objective thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components, according to what two psychologists discussed in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

2. At what age can children separate their own feelings from the feelings of others, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

3. Psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Thomas Borkovec work at what university?

4. 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”?

5. What does “DSM” refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What five categories of emotional intelligence are described in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”? Who names these categories?

2. What two methods does Dolf Zillmann give for diffusing anger in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

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

4. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?

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

6. What did Ulf Dimberg discover about expressions of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

7. What did Dolf Zillmann discover about anger, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

8. 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”?

9. How does the author compare IQ and EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

10. Psychologist John Mayer, of the University of New Hampshire, names three styles of handling one's emotions. How are these described in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?

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