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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. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) Whenever it has the energy to do so.
(b) Hundreds of times per second.
(c) A few times an hour.
(d) At least daily.

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

3. When an action becomes automatic, what part of the brain is controlling it?
(a) The unconscious mind.
(b) The superconscious mind.
(c) The conscious mind.
(d) It depends upon what the action entails.

4. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?
(a) The belief in psychology that the ego is not real.
(b) The tendency for most people to like themselves.
(c) The tendency for the ego to determine prejudice.
(d) The way the ego receives implied beliefs from the unconscious.

5. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(b) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.
(c) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.
(d) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How complex is the human brain?

2. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?

3. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

4. What does Eagleman say is the correct way to do this motion?

5. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

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