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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Mind: The Gap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?
(a) Dilated eyes have nothing to do with the experiment.
(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) It is a measure of the light used.

2. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(b) Sophisticated machinery.
(c) A world of its own.
(d) A string of double helixes.

3. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Believing what we see is real.
(c) Processing physical data.
(d) Seeing.

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

5. What are two examples of optical illusions?
(a) The apparent motion of stationary images and the apparent change in size of images when their backgrounds are changed.
(b) Red looking black.
(c) A round circle looking elliptical.
(d) A square being a rectangle.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?

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

3. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?

4. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?

5. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?

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