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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 names three styles of handling one’s emotions. Which of these experience and control their emotions to that they remain on an even keel?
(a) The accepting.
(b) The engulfed.
(c) The justified.
(d) The self-aware.

2. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the second?
(a) Remove yourself from the setting that triggers the anger.
(b) Challenge the angry thoughts before taking action.
(c) Find someone to council you about the anger.
(d) Release the anger in a constructive manner.

3. Dolf Zillmann is a psychologist at what university?
(a) Duke University.
(b) The University of Alabama.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Yale University.

4. Venting anger generally does what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?
(a) Fuels it.
(b) Justifies it.
(c) Acknowledges it.
(d) Reduces it.

5. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The limbic system.
(c) The olfactory lobe.
(d) The neocortex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage or more of an emotional message is communicated non-verbally?

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?

3. What name refers to the groups of nuclei in the limbic system which store emotional memory assigning meaning to feelings?

4. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?

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

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

4. What are the impacts of extreme emotions, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”? What is the opposite called?

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

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

7. The growth of the human fetal brain parallels the evolution of the brain in other species. What is the first part of the brain to develop and what purpose does this part of the brain serve?

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

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

10. 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”?

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