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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. Charles Nemeroff is best known for his work in treating what?
(a) Ekbom syndrome.
(b) Paraphilia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Pyromania.

2. What is the process of associating non-threatening things with something feared?
(a) Psychotherapy.
(b) Fear conditioning.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Working memory.

3. Sensitivity to prejudice has been addressed with what in an attempt to prevent lawsuits and conflict on the job?
(a) Religious courses.
(b) Harassment courses.
(c) Legal courses.
(d) Diversity courses.

4. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the third described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Timid.
(c) Upbeat.
(d) Bold.

5. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the third stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
(a) Understanding the triggers and responses.
(b) Acting out the trauma in a real world environment.
(c) Retelling and reconstructing the trauma in a safe environment.
(d) Mourning the trauma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychologist tracked 200 couples identifying significant signs that predict which marriages will fail based on how they handle disagreements?

2. Who found that husbands find disagreements more stressful and therefore have a lower threshold for flooding leading them to stonewall as a protective defense?

3. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the third piece of advice he gives?

4. Psychologist Bruce McEven showed in studies that what weaken the immune system, increasing vulnerability to diabetes, ulcers, and the spread of cancer?

5. Marriages that began in 1990 suffered a divorce rate of what percentage, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder in children, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

2. What does the author state regarding “age-appropriate learning” in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?

3. What example does the author give in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies” for the differences between boys and girls in their interpersonal relationships?

4. What discovery did Dr. David Spiegel make regarding emotions and the body?

5. What biological explanation does Dr. Charles Nemeroff give for PTSD in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

6. What is the author’s position in teaching “character”? What is his conclusion in this regard at the end of the book?

7. What did Richard Davidson discover as a link to temperament? How is this link described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

8. What did Leslie Brody and Judith Hall discover about the developmental differences between boys and girls?

9. How does the author describe the “healthy” and “unhealthy” ways of arguing in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies”?

10. What health impacts from anger are described in Part Three: Chapter 11, “Mind and Medicine”? Who conducted studies on anger?

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