Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 100 million.
2. Dr. Antonio Damasio studied patients who suffered damage to what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) Their prefrontal-amygdala circuit.
(d) The limbic system.
3. What prison psychologist states that some psychopaths can learn empathy by playing the role of their victims and by hearing and reading the statements of their victims?
(a) William Pithers.
(b) Peter Salovey.
(c) Ted Huston.
(d) Richard Davidson.
4. What researcher argues that the roots of morality come from empathy?
(a) Robert Hare.
(b) Jerome Kagan.
(c) Richard Davidson.
(d) Martin Hoffman.
5. Walter Mischel’s test in the 1960s measured what?
(a) Childhood obesity.
(b) Marriages and arguments.
(c) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(d) Deferred gratification.
Short Answer Questions
1. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?
2. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?
3. 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?
4. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?
5. What does “EI” stand for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is dyssemia defined in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? How common is dyssemia?
2. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?
3. How is the amygdala capable of surpassing the neocortex in moments of emotional hijacking?
4. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?
5. What did Ulf Dimberg discover about expressions of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?
6. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?
7. How does researcher Paul Ekman describe his three “display rules” for emotions in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?
8. What five categories of emotional intelligence are described in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”? Who names these categories?
9. What are the purposes of emotions? How have they helped human survival, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
10. What discovery did Joseph LeDoux make in the study of emotional hijacking?
|
This section contains 742 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
