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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Arborist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Neurologist.

4. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The olfactory lobe.
(c) The limbic system.
(d) The amygdala.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of specialist is Joseph LeDoux?

2. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?

3. Walter Mischel’s test in the 1960s measured what?

4. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?

5. When was Alfred Binet born?

(see the answer key)

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