Smartness Quiz

What is the definition of 'book smart'?

• Highly knowledgeable about academic subjects but only knowing a little about real life people and interactions

• Highly knowledgeable about both academic subjects and real life people and interactions

• Highly knowledgeable about academic subjects and real life people and interactions

• Highly knowledgeable about real life people and interactions but only knowing a little about academic subjects

According to the text, what is 'street smarts' also known as?

• Tact

• All of the above

• Social intelligence

• Common sense

What is the definition of being 'emotionally smart'?

• Being highly knowledgeable about both academic subjects and real life people and interactions

• Being knowledgeable about real life people and interactions but only knowing a little about academic subjects

• Being highly knowledgeable about academic subjects but only knowing a little about real life people and interactions

• Being aware of your emotions and can control and express your emotions while also being capable of managing interpersonal relationships with empathy

What did the research published in the journal 'Neuron' conclude about curiosity?

• Curiosity is not linked to better memory and learning capacity

• Curiosity is linked to better physical health

• Curiosity is linked to better social skills

• Curiosity is linked to better memory and learning capacity

What did the study of identical twins ages 7 to 16 discover about reading?

• Reading only improves physical health

• Reading has no impact on emotional intelligence

• Differences in reading during childhood years influenced intellectual development

• Reading has no influence on intellectual development

According to the text, what did Virginia Woolf's habit of chronicling her writing process help her with?

• Be conscious of amazing things and empty negative thoughts out of her mind

• Improve her emotional intelligence

• None of the above

• Improve her physical health

What did the study conducted by neuroscientist Sarah Lazar and colleagues prove about long-term meditators?

• They had more gray matter in the frontal cortex

• They had less gray matter in the frontal cortex

• They had the same amount of gray matter as non-meditators

• They had less gray matter in the hippocampus

What did organizational psychologist Ronald Riggio say about people who are street smart?

• They know how to play various sports

• They know how to play various board games

• They know how to play various musical instruments

• They know how to play various social roles