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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. Empathy is learned in infancy through what process?
2. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the second?
3. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?
4. Alexithymia refers to a state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing what?
5. What psychologist states that psychopaths may lack compassion and empathy for others because they themselves do not feel fear and cannot anticipate consequences in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the purposes of the left and right pre-frontal lobes in the brain?
2. 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?
3. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?
4. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?
5. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?
6. What biological explanation is given as a possible cause for alexithymia in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?
7. What two methods does Dolf Zillmann give for diffusing anger in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?
8. Psychologist John Mayer, of the University of New Hampshire, names three styles of handling one's emotions. How are these described in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?
9. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?
10. 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?”
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the work of Dr. Peter Sifneos and the condition of alexithymia. When was this condition identified? What characteristics do alexithymics exhibit? How are they perceived by others?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Binet Intelligence Test and its accuracy in determining intelligence. When was the test developed? How has it evolved? Who developed it?
Essay Topic 3
Describe self-fulfilling prophecies and the Pygmalion Effect. How does Robert Rosenthal define the Pygmalion Effect? Based upon Rosenthal’s findings, how can teachers best approach their relationships with their students?
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