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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?
(a) Verbal.
(b) Rational.
(c) Factual.
(d) Scientific.

2. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?
(a) Neuroscientist.
(b) Psychiatrist.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Sociologist.

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

4. What does “IQ” stand for?
(a) Intelligence Quotient.
(b) Insomnia Quotient.
(c) Infinity Question.
(d) Indirect Question.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does “EI” stand for?

2. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?

3. For what publication did Daniel Goleman write for twelve years, specializing in psychology and brain sciences?

4. In 1916, at Stanford University, what psychologist released a revised examination which became known as the "Stanford–Binet test"?

5. About how many years ago did mammals develop a neocortex?

(see the answer key)

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