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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?
2. 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”?
3. What does “IQ” stand for?
4. Psychologists Lizabeth Roemer and Thomas Borkovec work at what university?
5. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?
2. How is the amygdala capable of surpassing the neocortex in moments of emotional hijacking?
3. How does researcher Paul Ekman describe his three “display rules” for emotions in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?
4. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?
5. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?
6. 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”?
7. What five categories of emotional intelligence are described in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”? Who names these categories?
8. How does the author compare IQ and EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?
9. What biological explanation is given as a possible cause for alexithymia in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?
10. What are the impacts of extreme emotions, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”? What is the opposite called?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the research of Doff Zillmann and his studies at the University of Alabama. What did Zillmann discover to be the trigger for anger? Is this theory contested? What methods does Zillmann give for diffusing anger?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the work of Joseph LeDoux and Dr. Antonio Damasio. What is the specialization of each of these individuals? What discoveries did each make regarding the amygdala? How does Dr. Damasio describe the process of the amygdala in an emotional hijacking?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the work of Harry Levinson. What advice does Levinson give his clients as a corporate consultant? What are the effects of bad management? How does Levinson suggest managers approach employees?
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