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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychologist at the University of Texas summarizes his research by reporting that women want to talk to make an emotional connection, but men want to make a connection by doing things together?
(a) John Mayer.
(b) Ted Huston.
(c) Robert Ader.
(d) C. R. Snyder.

2. Dr. Antonio Damasio studied patients who suffered damage to what?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) Their prefrontal-amygdala circuit.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The limbic system.

3. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?
(a) The amygdala.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The brainstem.
(d) The neocortex.

4. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the fourth described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
(a) Upbeat.
(b) Timid.
(c) Bold.
(d) Melancholy.

5. 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”?
(a) Upbeat.
(b) Bold.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Timid.

Short Answer Questions

1. T. Berry Brazelton is a pediatrician from what institution?

2. Where is neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel from?

3. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the second?

4. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. Which of these experience and control their emotions to that they remain on an even keel?

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

(see the answer key)

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