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

2. 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?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Exaggeration.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Rationality.

3. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?
(a) The accepting.
(b) The engulfed.
(c) The self-aware.
(d) The justified.

4. Dolf Zillmann gives two methods for diffusing anger. What is the first?
(a) Challenge the angry thoughts before taking action.
(b) Find someone to council you about the anger.
(c) Remove yourself from the setting that triggers the anger.
(d) Release the anger in a constructive manner.

5. What German psychologist coined the term “IQ”?
(a) Leslie Brody.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Daniel Weinberger.
(d) William Stern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is medically recognized as a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of depression, discontent and indifference to the world around them?

2. What researcher argues that the roots of morality come from empathy?

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

4. Dr. Antonio Damasio works at the College of Medicine at what university?

5. What is the process of associating non-threatening things with something feared?

(see the answer key)

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