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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) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Pennsylvania State University.
(d) The University of Iowa.

2. What psychologist developed a test for empathy called the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity?
(a) Robert Rosenthal.
(b) Ulf Dimberg.
(c) Paul Ekman.
(d) Thomas Borkovec.

3. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The left pre-frontal lobe.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

4. What term refers to the state when the amygdala declares a state of emergency and drives the rest of the brain to respond to that emergency immediately?
(a) Anger management.
(b) Fear conditioning.
(c) Objective thinking.
(d) Neural hijacking.

5. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Neuroscientist.
(c) Sociologist.
(d) Psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?

3. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?

4. During an emotional hijacking, emotions interfere with what, also known as the ability to take in and process information?

5. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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”?

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

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

5. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?

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

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

8. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?

9. 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?

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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