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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. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?
(a) Social analysis.
(b) Personal connection.
(c) Negotiating solutions.
(d) Organizing groups.

2. What does “EI” stand for?
(a) Evolved Intelligence.
(b) Enlightened Intelligence.
(c) Euphoric Intelligence.
(d) Emotional Intelligence.

3. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the second?
(a) The accepting.
(b) The engulfed.
(c) The justified.
(d) The self-aware.

4. At what age can children separate their own feelings from the feelings of others, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5 ½.
(d) 2 ½.

5. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?
(a) Handling relationships.
(b) Knowing one’s emotions.
(c) Managing emotions.
(d) Motivating one's self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What notable book did psychiatrist Daniel Stern write?

2. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D.?

3. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

2. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?

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

4. 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?

5. How is the amygdala capable of surpassing the neocortex in moments of emotional hijacking?

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

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

8. What did Dolf Zillmann discover about anger, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

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

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