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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. Dr. Redford Williams found that being prone to what was a stronger predictor of dying young than other risk factors including smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol?

2. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the first described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

3. Where was author Daniel Goleman born?

4. What is the process of associating non-threatening things with something feared?

5. Engineers at Bell Labs were studied to see how well teams of 5 to how many could work together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Richard Davidson discover as a link to temperament? How is this link described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

2. What is the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder in children, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

3. Harvard pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. What are they?

4. What program of John Lochman’s is decribed in Part Five: Chapter 15, “The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy”? What were the results of the program?

5. Why do parents have the greatest influence in shaping a child’s brain, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?

6. What growing movement in education is described by the author in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?

7. What three toxic parenting styles are described in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”? Who identified these styles?

8. What did Leslie Brody and Judith Hall discover about the developmental differences between boys and girls?

9. What is the impact of emotional illiteracy, according to the author in Part Five: Chapter 15, “The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy”?

10. What does the author state in regard to personal prejudice in the workplace in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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