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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?
(a) “Hypersensitive.”
(b) “On par.”
(c) “In tune.”
(d) “In flow.”

2. Joseph LeDoux found that sensory signals from the eye or ear go to the thalamus and then to what?
(a) The olfactory lobe.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The neocortex.
(d) The left pre-frontal lobe.

3. 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.

4. Joseph LeDoux works at the Center for Neural Science at what institution?
(a) Pennsylvania State University.
(b) The University of Washington.
(c) The University of Wisconsin.
(d) New York University.

5. Psychologist C. R. Snyder studied students’ grades in relation to their level of what?
(a) Community involvement.
(b) Hope of success.
(c) Family wealth.
(d) Time spent watching television.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is researcher Ulf Dimberg from?

2. Walter Mischel works as a psychologist at what university?

3. At what age can children separate their own feelings from the feelings of others, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”?

4. Alexithymia is a term coined by what psychotherapist in 1972?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What test of Robert Rosenthal’s is described in Part Two: Chapter 7, “The Roots of Empathy”? How is the test described?

2. How does researcher Paul Ekman describe his three “display rules” for emotions in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

3. How is dyssemia defined in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? How common is dyssemia?

4. What discovery did Joseph LeDoux make in the study of emotional hijacking?

5. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s? How is the test described in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude”?

6. Where in the brain is the limbic system located? What purpose does this section of the brain serve?

7. The growth of the human fetal brain parallels the evolution of the brain in other species. What is the first part of the brain to develop and what purpose does this part of the brain serve?

8. How do emotionally neglected and emotionally abused children respond differently to empathy?

9. How is alexithymia defined in Part Two: Chapter 4, “Know Thyself”? Who coined this term?

10. What are the purposes of emotions? How have they helped human survival, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

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