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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. T. Berry Brazelton found through research that a child's readiness for learning is based on seven key factors. Which is the first of these?
2. Dr. Charles Nemeroff is best known for his work in treating what?
3. Dr. John Gottman worked with whom to identify the three most toxic parenting styles?
4. Dr. Redford Williams found that being prone to what was a stronger predictor of dying young than other risk factors including smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol?
5. What is the process of associating non-threatening things with something feared?
Short Essay Questions
1. What study did Hilda Bruch develop in the 1960s? What discoveries did she make?
2. Why is “bullying” an inadequate managerial technique, according to the author in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”? What does good management mean?
3. What impact does abuse have on a child’s perceptions of empathy?
4. What impacts do stress and anxiety have on the body, according to Bruce McEven?
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. What biological explanation does Dr. Charles Nemeroff give for PTSD in Part Four: Chapter 13, “Trauma and Emotional Relearning”?
7. What discovery did Dr. David Spiegel make regarding emotions and the body?
8. How does the author describe the “healthy” and “unhealthy” ways of arguing in Part Three: “Chapter 9, Intimate Enemies”?
9. What did Richard Davidson discover as a link to temperament? How is this link described in Part Four: Chapter 14, “Temperament Is Not Destiny”?
10. What study on the engineers at Bell Labs is described in Part Three: Chapter 10, “Managing with Heart”? What results were found?
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
Define and analyze repressors. What biological elements are involved in the behavior of these individuals? What psychological elements are involved? How do repressors learn to express their emotions?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the book’s publication and the author. Where did Daniel Goleman earn his Ph.D. in brain and behavioral sciences? For what publications has Goleman written? How was the book received critically? When has the book been updated and revised and what material was added?
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