Week 2 Quiz

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

B  Shared understanding during communication

C  Metaphor

D  Double meanings of words

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

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

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

D  That compassion is seen in 2 year olds

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 more compassionate people to enter into mutually beneficial relationships

D  We can reliably identify our own feelings of compassion

A  In really competitive contexts, altruism is more likely

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

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

D  Competition leads to suffering, which leads to more altruism

A  Thinking of someone we love

B  Counting the money in your wallet

C  Giving money to charity

D  Hearing supportive words from a friend

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

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

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

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

A  Feel more sadness on a daily basis

B  Score higher on tests of empathy

C  Be more likely to vote for Democrats

D  Be more likely to be women

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

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

C  When feeling compassionate, people are more altruistic

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

A  Jaw

B  Epiglottis

C  Larynx

D  Vocal cord

A  sleep

B  soothe

C  meek

D  weep

A  woos

B  coos

C  moos

D  boos

A  Compassion

B  Disgust

C  Awe

D  Fear

A  That it prompts other people to be alert

B  That it signals dominance

C  That it provides social reward

D  That it soothes during stress

A  “WOW”

B  A shriek

C  A laugh

D  A sigh

A  Tonal qualities of certain languages, such as Mandarin

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

C  Brief sounds that are the building blocks of words

D  Brief words we shout when joyful

A  The hippocampus

B  The prefrontal cortex

C  The periaqueductal gray

D  The amygdala

A  The trait makes people happy

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

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

D  The trait appears designed

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

B  Humans form intense attachments with their offspring

C  Fathers are not likely to provide care to human offspring

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

A  Compassion was built into human by God

B  Compassion is a cultural construction

C  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

A  Compassion is a cultural construction

B  Compassion was built into human by God

C  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

A  Compassion was built into human by God

B  Compassion is a cultural construction

C  Compassion has been shaped by natural selection