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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the specialization of Howard Gardner?

2. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to a state of high concentration, self-forgetfulness, and mild ecstasy as being what?

3. Charisma combines four separate interpersonal intelligence components, according to what two psychologists discussed in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”?

4. Alexithymia refers to a state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing what?

5. Psychologist C. R. Snyder studied students’ grades in relation to their level of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two methods does Dolf Zillmann give for diffusing anger in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?

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

3. What discovery did Walter Mischel make through his experiments in the 1960s?

4. What four interpersonal intelligence components make up charisma, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 8, “The Social Arts”? Who defined these components?

5. What term does Dr. Antonio Damasio give for “gut feelings”? What is their importance?

6. What are the impacts of extreme emotions, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”? What is the opposite called?

7. How is emotional hijacking described in Part One: Chapter 2, “Anatomy of an Emotional Hijacking”?

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

9. What five categories of emotional intelligence are described in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”? Who names these categories?

10. What does Howard Gardner suggest regarding EI in Part Two: Chapter 3, “When Smart Is Dumb”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Binet Intelligence Test and its accuracy in determining intelligence. When was the test developed? How has it evolved? Who developed it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the research of Doff Zillmann and his studies at the University of Alabama. What did Zillmann discover to be the trigger for anger? Is this theory contested? What methods does Zillmann give for diffusing anger?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss work of Robert Ader. What impact did Ader’s discovery about the immune system have on the scientific community? What did the resulting experiments show? How can one learn skills to manipulate emotion and health?

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