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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. Researcher Paul Ekman names three kinds of display rules in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What is the third?

2. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was originated in what country?

3. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the second?

4. Emotions, like instincts, have helped humans survive by doing what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

5. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two methods does Dolf Zillmann give for diffusing anger in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

2. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s? How is the test described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

3. What study of C. R. Snyder’s is described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”? What did his results indicate?

4. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?

5. What did Daniel Stern term the process of reinforcing empathy in children? How is this defined in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

6. What five categories of emotional intelligence are described in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”? Who names these categories?

7. What are the purposes of the left and right pre-frontal lobes in the brain?

8. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?

9. What are positive uses of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

10. How does the author compare IQ and EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the components of the human brain. What components develop first in fetal development? What components of the brain are related to emotions? How do these components interact with the “reasoning” parts of the brain?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the work of Walter Mischel and the marshmallow experiment. When did these experiments take place? Over how much time were the subjects studied? What results did Mischel find?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Binet Intelligence Test and its accuracy in determining intelligence. When was the test developed? How has it evolved? Who developed it?

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