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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. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?
(a) Developmental psychology.
(b) Prison psychology.
(c) Neuroscience.
(d) Marriage counseling.

2. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Disconnect from others.
(b) Build relationships too early.
(c) Overly attach themselves to others.
(d) Attain higher standards than others.

3. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?
(a) The self-aware.
(b) The justified.
(c) The accepting.
(d) The engulfed.

4. An example of the social skills of charisma is exemplified by a scenario with an elderly Japanese man calming who on a bus in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?
(a) A violent felon.
(b) A belligerent drunk.
(c) A hysterical mother.
(d) A rude teenager.

5. During an emotional hijacking, emotions interfere with what, also known as the ability to take in and process information?
(a) Working memory.
(b) Somatic markers.
(c) Verbal development.
(d) Intelligence Quotient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dolf Zillmann found that the universal trigger for anger is what?

2. Dr. Antonio Damasio works at the College of Medicine at what university?

3. What does “FACS” stand for?

4. What does “EI” stand for?

5. Daniel Goleman currently co-directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at what university?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?

3. 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”?

4. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?

5. What discovery did Joseph LeDoux make in the study of emotional hijacking?

6. What are positive uses of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

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

8. What does Howard Gardner suggest regarding EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

9. What are the purposes of the left and right pre-frontal lobes in the brain?

10. What biological explanation is given as a possible cause for alexithymia in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?

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