Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

David Eagleman
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Brain Is a Team of Rivals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?
(a) A natural tendency to like ourselves.
(b) A natural tendency to like others.
(c) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(d) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.

2. What does the novice sorter eventually do in order to become an expert sorter?
(a) Close their eyes and hear the difference.
(b) Feel the difference in feather softness.
(c) Intuit the difference with their minds.
(d) Internalize the task.

3. What is hard wired into our brains?
(a) Things such as breathing and digestion.
(b) Only the survival instinct.
(c) Nothing is actually hard wired into our brains.
(d) Much of what motivates us and drives our behavior.

4. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?
(a) 55.
(b) 32.
(c) 23.
(d) 46.

5. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?
(a) The nervous system.
(b) The limbic system.
(c) The circulatory system.
(d) The heart and brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?

2. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?

3. What was one routine in charge of?

4. What culture does this actor slander?

5. What does Eagleton point out in the beginning of the chapter about our senses?

(see the answer key)

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