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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 does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?
(a) It is merely a theory that is impossible to prove.
(b) It is impossible to know how much of the egotism is conscious or unconscious.
(c) It is can wreck havoc on experiments with the unconscious mind.
(d) It is a well-established phenomenon.

2. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?
(a) People who have had an eye injured and do not see out of it for a while.
(b) People who start wearing glasses.
(c) Blind people who recover their sight.
(d) People who move to a different culture.

3. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/20.
(c) 1/15.
(d) 1/10.

4. How complex is the human brain?
(a) Almost unfathomably complex.
(b) Fairly simple.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Parts are simple and parts are somewhat complex.

5. What is another type of brain cell?
(a) Nephrons.
(b) Neutrophils.
(c) Glia.
(d) Leukocytes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say about people who marry that is related to the idea of implicit egotism?

2. What are two examples of optical illusions?

3. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?

4. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?

5. How does the author describe parts of the brain?

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