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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. In a study by psychologist Martin Seligman, salesmen who were optimists sold how much more insurance in their first two years on the job than did pessimists?

2. What psychologist developed a test for empathy called the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity?

3. Venting anger generally does what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the impacts of extreme emotions, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”? What is the opposite called?

4. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Where in the brain is the limbic system located? What purpose does this section of the brain serve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the work of Paul Ekman and describe the three display rules described by Ekman in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts.” What are examples of each of these rules? What dictates the display of each emotion?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define and analyze repressors. What biological elements are involved in the behavior of these individuals? What psychological elements are involved? How do repressors learn to express their emotions?

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