Week 2 Quiz

A  Double meanings of words

B  Shared understanding during communication

C  Shifts in timing, tone of voice, and pitch that accompany words during speech

D  Metaphor

A  That compassion is seen in digital forms of communication in every culture

B  That compassion is seen in 2 year olds

C  That compassion is found in the writings of all the great religious and ethical scholars

D  That compassion-like behavior is seen in our primate relatives

A  Compassionate people have certain genes that make them more kind

B  It is impossible to reliably identify a single definition of compassion

C  We can reliably identify our own feelings of compassion

D  We can reliably identify more compassionate people to enter into mutually beneficial relationships

A  Religion leads to increased altruism toward one’s own kind

B  Competition leads to suffering, which leads to more altruism

C  Altruistic actions lead to being respected and to enjoy elevated status

D  In really competitive contexts, altruism is more likely

A  Counting the money in your wallet

B  Giving money to charity

C  Thinking of someone we love

D  Hearing supportive words from a friend

A  People report greater happiness at the end of the day when they have given some money away than if they spent it on themselves

B  People live longer if they give a lot of money away

C  Americans on average give more money away to charity than spend on themselves

D  People report greater happiness at the end of the day when they have spent money on themselves than given it away

A  Score higher on tests of empathy

B  Be more likely to be women

C  Feel more sadness on a daily basis

D  Be more likely to vote for Democrats

A  When seeing someone in physical pain, you feel the same pain

B  When reading the word “compassion,” you feel compassion

C  When feeling compassionate, people are more altruistic

D  When seeing a coworker give to charity, one feels compassion and is more likely to give to charity

A  Epiglottis

B  Vocal cord

C  Larynx

D  Jaw

A  sleep

B  meek

C  soothe

D  weep

A  boos

B  moos

C  coos

D  woos

A  Disgust

B  Compassion

C  Fear

D  Awe

A  That it prompts other people to be alert

B  That it soothes during stress

C  That it provides social reward

D  That it signals dominance

A  A shriek

B  A laugh

C  A sigh

D  “WOW”

A  Brief words we shout when joyful

B  Brief sounds that don’t include words that convey emotion

C  Brief sounds that are the building blocks of words

D  Tonal qualities of certain languages, such as Mandarin

A  The prefrontal cortex

B  The amygdala

C  The periaqueductal gray

D  The hippocampus

A  The trait appears designed

B  The trait relates to a universal problem humans face in surviving

C  The trait makes people happy

D  The trait (e.g., compassion) provides an efficient solution to a problem of survival or reproduction

A  Fathers are not likely to provide care to human offspring

B  Humans form collaborative childcare networks to assist one another in the care of young children

C  Regions of the human brain respond to a baby’s distress cries within 40 milliseconds

D  Humans form intense attachments with their offspring

A  Compassion is a cultural construction

B  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

C  Compassion was built into human by God

A  Compassion was built into human by God

B  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

C  Compassion is a cultural construction

A  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

B  Compassion was built into human by God

C  Compassion is a cultural construction