Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

According to Bradberry and Greaves why is the daily challenge of dealing effectively with emotions critical to the human condition?

A

Because our brains are hardwired to give emotions the upper hand.

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Everything you see, smell, hear, taste and touch travels through your body in the form of electric signals. Along the way these signals pass through what emotion producing system ?

A

Limbic system

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3
Q

What is the physical source of emotional intelligence ?

A

Your communications between your emotional and rational brains

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4
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Emotions can help you and they can harm you but you have no say in the matter until you understand them

A

True

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5
Q

Which part of the brain is responsible for rational thinking ?

A

Frontal lobe

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