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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. Where is neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel from?
2. According to the author in “Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies,” boys honor independence while girls treasure what?
3. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the fourth described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
4. According to the author in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart,” the days of the bully manager are over in favor of building what in the workplace?
5. What psychologist tracked 200 couples identifying significant signs that predict which marriages will fail based on how they handle disagreements?
Short Essay Questions
1. What impacts do stress and anxiety have on the body, according to Bruce McEven?
2. Harvard pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. What are they?
3. What example does the author give in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies” for the differences between boys and girls in their interpersonal relationships?
4. What impact does abuse have on a child’s perceptions of empathy?
5. What does the author give as reasons for the higher divorce rates today than 100 years ago in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies”?
6. Why four temperamental types are described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”? Who identified these types?
7. What advice does Harry Levinson give to managers on coaching employees in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”?
8. Why do parents have the greatest influence in shaping a child’s brain, according to the author in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
9. How does family impact a child’s development of emotional intelligence?
10. What does the author state in regard to personal prejudice in the workplace in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss marriage and divorce rates in the past 100 years. What causes are given in the text for the growth in divorce rates? Are there other conditions that apply to this change? How have views on the institution of marriage changed? How have these differences in views affected divorce rates?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of optimism and its impact on emotional intelligence. How does optimism affect human health? Can optimism ever be a “bad” thing? Can a person learn skills to become optimistic?
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