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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Physical changes in the brains of PTSD sufferers include: increased production of stress hormones and a lowered ability to control what response?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Fear conditioning.
(c) Objective thinking.
(d) Neural hijacking.

2. Emotionally neglected children have a tendency to do what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?
(a) Disconnect from others.
(b) Overly attach themselves to others.
(c) Attain higher standards than others.
(d) Build relationships too early.

3. Psychologists Daniel Weinberger and Richard Davidson researched what group of people who appear to tune-out their emotions?
(a) Repressors.
(b) Depressors.
(c) Aggressors.
(d) Distressors.

4. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D.?
(a) The University of Washington.
(b) Emory University.
(c) The University of Kansas.
(d) Harvard University.

5. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”
(a) Empathy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Language.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Judith Lewis Herman discovered three vital stages for retraining the brain of people suffering from PTSD. What is the first stage discussed in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?

2. Dr. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the second discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?

3. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” balancing the extremes of emotion leads to a state of well-being, or what the early Christian church called what?

4. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s?

5. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the second?

(see the answer key)

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