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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. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components. What is the second?

2. When was Daniel Goleman born?

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

4. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?

5. What does “DSM” refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did William Pithers discover about empathy in psychopaths, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

3. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?

4. What test of Robert Rosenthal’s is described in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”? How is the test described?

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

6. What does Howard Gardner suggest regarding EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

7. What is the purpose of the neocortex? When was the neocortex developed in mammals?

8. How is the amygdala capable of surpassing the neocortex in moments of emotional hijacking?

9. What did Ulf Dimberg discover about expressions of emotion, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

10. What biological explanation is given as a possible cause for alexithymia in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and the concept of “flow.” How is flow defined? How do people in the state of flow perceive time and obstacles? How does one attain this state?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the work of Robert Rosenthal and the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity. When was this test developed? What does the test entail? How adequate is the test in determining individual success and/or happiness?

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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