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

2. The neocortex in humans is _____ than in other species.
(a) More pronounced.
(b) Larger.
(c) Less pronounced.
(d) Smaller.

3. Physical changes in the brains of PTSD sufferers include: increased production of stress hormones and a lowered ability to control what response?
(a) Neural hijacking.
(b) Fight or flight.
(c) Fear conditioning.
(d) Objective thinking.

4. What psychologist at the University of Texas summarizes his research by reporting that women want to talk to make an emotional connection, but men want to make a connection by doing things together?
(a) C. R. Snyder.
(b) Robert Ader.
(c) Ted Huston.
(d) John Mayer.

5. According to studies by Jerome Kagan, the difference between timid and bold temperamental types is how easily what is stimulated?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The amygdala.
(d) The hippocampus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the second stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

2. Dr. Charles Nemeroff is best known for his work in treating what?

3. According to Dr. Charles Nemeroff, the sufferers of PTSD experience a numbing of pain thanks to a higher secretion of what?

4. Dr. David Spiegel is one of the most respected experts in the clinical uses of what?

5. Hilda Bruch pioneered the study of eating disorders that identified the two-part cause. What was the first part?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery did Robert Ader make regarding emotions? What impact did this study have?

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

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

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

5. What impacts do stress and anxiety have on the body, according to Bruce McEven?

6. What program of John Lochman’s is decribed in Part Five: Chapter 15, “The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy”? What were the results of the program?

7. Why do parents have the greatest influence in shaping a child’s brain, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

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

9. Harvard pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. What are they?

10. What advice does Harry Levinson give to managers on coaching employees in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”?

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