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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. At what institution does Dr. Redford Williams work?
2. Jerome Kagan found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. What is the third described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
3. John Lochman is a psychologist at what university?
4. The way men and women communicate comes from training in childhood and what, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 9, “Intimate Enemies”?
5. Jerome Kagan is a developmental psychologist from what university?
Short Essay Questions
1. What growing movement in education is described by the author in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?
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. How does family impact a child’s development of emotional intelligence?
4. Why four temperamental types are described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”? Who identified these types?
5. What is the author’s position in teaching “character”? What is his conclusion in this regard at the end of the book?
6. 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”?
7. What does the author state regarding “age-appropriate learning” in Part Five: Chapter 16, “Schooling the Emotions”?
8. What biological explanation does Dr. Charles Nemeroff give for PTSD in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
9. What impact does abuse have on a child’s perceptions of empathy?
10. What can cause post-traumatic stress disorder in children? What makes a difference in a child’s ability to overcome PTSD?
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
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?
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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