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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?
(a) It is a measure of the light used.
(b) The men were more attracted to women with dilated eyes.
(c) It is a way to tell if the participant is looking directly at the computer screen.
(d) Dilated eyes have nothing to do with the experiment.

2. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) Because of his love of gadgetry.
(b) To tape his observations.
(c) To tape his last moments if he is dying.
(d) Because of his love of music.

3. How do the eyes of blind people who recover their sight work compared to persons who are sighted since birth?
(a) The person who is sighted from birth can see better in low light.
(b) The eyes both work the same in both groups.
(c) The formerly blind person's eyes often do not work in tandem.
(d) The formerly blind person's eyes often only work in strong light.

4. How does the author describe parts of the brain?
(a) As discrete units that can be individually programmed.
(b) As radically different one from the other.
(c) As self-configuring.
(d) As independent of each other.

5. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) That which impacts our safety.
(b) About ninety percent of what is actually there.
(c) Just when something is out of the ordinary.
(d) About ten percent of what is actually there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important part of seeing?

2. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

3. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?

4. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?

5. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?

(see the answer key)

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