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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Eagleman say about people who marry that is related to the idea of implicit egotism?
(a) That people who possess little ego tend not to marry.
(b) That one marries someone whose egotism reflects their own feelings about themselves.
(c) That people who marry seem to suffer less from implicit egotism.
(d) That the number of people who marry people whose first names begin with the same letter as their own is statistically significant.
2. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?
(a) A natural tendency to like others.
(b) A natural tendency to like ourselves.
(c) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(d) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
3. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Brad Pitt.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) Mel Gibson.
4. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.
(b) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.
(c) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.
(d) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.
5. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?
(a) It uses a series of electrodes on the back that pulsed in different ways according to the person's proximity to objects.
(b) It gives a slight electrical shock to the person's arm where it is attached.
(c) It beeps when its sensors notice an object in the person's path.
(d) It pushes the person in one direction or another when it senses an obstacle.
Short Answer Questions
1. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?
2. How is the problem solved?
3. By what are thoughts underpinned?
4. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?
5. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?
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