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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. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was originated in what country?
2. Researcher Ulf Dimberg found that expressions of emotion are contagious with the transfer of mood coming from the more what person to others?
3. Emotionally abused children develop keen skills in interpreting the moods of others as a means of what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
4. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?
5. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?”
2. 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”?
3. What tests do children take in Project Spectrum?
4. 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?
5. How is emotional hijacking described in Part One: Chapter 2, “Anatomy of an Emotional Hijacking”?
6. What discovery did Joseph LeDoux make in the study of emotional hijacking?
7. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?
8. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?
9. What did William Pithers discover about empathy in psychopaths, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
10. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s? How is the test described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss work of Robert Ader. What impact did Ader’s discovery about the immune system have on the scientific community? What did the resulting experiments show? How can one learn skills to manipulate emotion and health?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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