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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The left and right pre-frontal lobes of the brain’s cortex balance the emotional responses of what?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

2. Alexithymics may suffer from a disconnection between the limbic system and what?
(a) The left pre-frontal lobe.
(b) The neocortex.
(c) The brainstem.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

3. As businesses rely more and more on teamwork in a global environment, the more prized employees will be the ones who demonstrate what?
(a) Emotional intelligence.
(b) Anger management.
(c) Somatic markers.
(d) Verbal development.

4. Dr. John Gottman and a colleague identified the three most toxic parenting styles. Which is the first discussed in Part Four: Chapter 12, “The Family Crucible”?
(a) Being too laissez-faire.
(b) Ignoring feelings altogether.
(c) Showing no respect for the child’s feelings.
(d) Over acknowledgment of feelings.

5. Corporate consultant and psychoanalyst Harry Levinson advises managers on how to coach employees. What is the third piece of advice he gives?
(a) Be present.
(b) Be sympathetic.
(c) Offer a solution.
(d) Be specific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emotionally abused children develop keen skills in interpreting the moods of others as a means of what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

2. According to the author in Part Five: Chapter 15, “The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy,” alcoholics tend to have a biological marker of under-producing what neurotransmitter that regulates anxiety?

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

4. According to studies by Jerome Kagan, the difference between timid and bold temperamental types is how easily what is stimulated?

5. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

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