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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 works at the College of Medicine at what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Pennsylvania State University.
(c) The University of Iowa.
(d) Rutgers University.

2. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?
(a) William Stern.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Daniel Weinberger.
(d) Leslie Brody.

3. Where is researcher Ulf Dimberg from?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Sweden.

4. What is medically recognized as a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of depression, discontent and indifference to the world around them?
(a) Dysphoria.
(b) Bipolar disorder
(c) Depression.
(d) Narcissistic personality disorder.

5. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s?
(a) The Rutgers chicken experiment.
(b) The Harvard peanut experiment.
(c) The Stanford marshmallow experiment.
(d) The Columbia orange experiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was originated in what country?

2. What psychologist developed a test for empathy called the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity?

3. Who studied married couples and found that they had the most accurate empathy when their physical responses were in synch?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?

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

3. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s? How is the test described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

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

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

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

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

8. How does researcher Paul Ekman describe his three “display rules” for emotions in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

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

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

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