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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. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the first discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Over acknowledgment of feelings.
(b) Being too laissez-faire.
(c) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(d) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.

2. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the third?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Intentionality.
(d) Relatedness.

3. Psychologist John Lochman designed a program to retrain aggressive boys in what?
(a) Verbal development.
(b) Deferred gratification.
(c) Anger management.
(d) Fear conditioning.

4. Dr. David Spiegel studied women in the advanced stage of what disease?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Glaucoma.

5. Psychologist Richard Davidson discovered a link between temperament and what?
(a) The olfactory lobe.
(b) The neocortex.
(c) Pre-frontal lobe activity.
(d) The hippocampus.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Lochman is a psychologist at what university?

2. Who are the psychologists who first published the concept of emotional intelligence in 1990?

3. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the second described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

4. What does “PTSD” stand for?

5. Dr. John Gottman worked with whom to identify the three most toxic parenting styles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What study did Hilda Bruch develop in the 1960s? What discoveries did she make?

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

4. What impact does abuse have on a child’s perceptions of empathy?

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

6. What three toxic parenting styles are described in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”? Who identified these styles?

7. What study on the engineers at Bell Labs is described in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”? What results were found?

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

9. What growing movement in education is described by the author in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?

10. What does the author give as reasons for the higher divorce rates today than 100 years ago in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies”?

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