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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Condorcet pioneer?
(a) The notion of innate human rights.
(b) The application of statistics to politics.
(c) The application of math in social science.
(d) The development of statistical models for economics.

2. How many genes does the brain consist of?
(a) 1,019.
(b) 4,282.
(c) 71, 145.
(d) 3,195.

3. What is the difference between primary and secondary emotions?
(a) Primary emotions are inborn, secondary emotions are personal.
(b) Primary emotions are deliberate, secondary emotions are unconscious.
(c) Primary emotions are conscious, secondary emotions are instinctual.
(d) Primary emotions are tied to instincts, secondary emotions are tied to homeostatic regulation.

4. What can biological research do for complexity theory, in Wilson's account?
(a) Demonstrate how the cell is a unified organism.
(b) Demonstrate how layers of complexity interact.
(c) Demonstrate how many variables influence a cell's functioning.
(d) Demonstrate how the cell has adapted to the numerous variables that influence its functions.

5. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?
(a) Belief in a transcendent spirit.
(b) Belief in a historical process.
(c) Belief in the unity of species.
(d) Belief in the multiplicity of forms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson distinguish between?

2. What does Wilson say he was searching for as a young man?

3. What effect does Wilson say evolution had?

4. How can scientists monitor the working brain, in Wilson's account?

5. How does Wilson characterize the relationship between consilience and the material world?

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