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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?
(a) Thomas Borkovec.
(b) Peter Sifneos.
(c) Lewis Terman.
(d) Bruce McEven.

3. In philosophy, what is the characteristic of any action, belief, or desire that makes their choice a necessity?
(a) Relatedness.
(b) Attunement.
(c) Rationality.
(d) Confidence.

4. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the third category?
(a) Motivating one's self.
(b) Handling relationships.
(c) Knowing one’s emotions.
(d) Managing emotions.

5. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi works at what university?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Claremont Graduate University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Stanford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. During an emotional hijacking, emotions interfere with what, also known as the ability to take in and process information?

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

3. Howard Gardner works at what institution?

4. John Mayer is a psychologist at what institution?

5. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?

(see the answer key)

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