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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. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?
(a) The switch to a different emotion.
(b) When to have no emotion at all.
(c) The intensity of that emotion.
(d) The length of the distressing emotion.

2. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

3. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the first?
(a) Minimizing.
(b) Exaggerating.
(c) Inventing.
(d) Substituting.

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

5. What is the first part of the human fetal brain to develop?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The hippocampus.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The brainstem.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What refers to being aware of one's mood and one's thoughts about that mood at the same time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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”?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What study of C. R. Snyder’s is described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”? What did his results indicate?

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

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

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