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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. At which institution of higher learning did Mary Main work when she and her colleagues coined the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?
2. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
3. How many years before the publication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma did Mary Main and her colleagues coin the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?
4. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?
5. On what occasion did Van der Kolk see Maria again for the first time since she left the residential treatment center?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Van der Kolk includes sensory details in order to convey the impact of trauma on young minds.
2. Describe an instance when Van der Kolk points out the irony in a particular societal situation.
3. In what way does the epigraph included with Chapter 7: Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement depict the theme of community?
4. What factor most significantly plays a part in creating a vividly recorded memory?
5. What is "False Memory Syndrome" and how does Van der Kolk view it?
6. What book published in 1929 refocused the public's attention back onto the issue of trauma?
7. Discuss an instance when a particular government entered into an adversarial relationship with their own veterans of war.
8. What does Van der Kolk mean when he states, "Traumatized people simultaneously remember too little and too much" (179)?
9. Who was Pierre Janet and what is the name of the book he wrote that strongly influenced Van der Kolk?
10. What is the significance of Van der Kolk's frequent study of Janet's case reports over time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Van der Kolk’s use of characterization methods to portray himself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma?
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma and what is Van der Kolk’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Van der Kolk’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. How does Van der Kolk use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
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