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

2. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?
(a) A natural tendency to like others.
(b) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(c) A natural tendency to like ourselves.
(d) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.

3. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?
(a) Ericksson.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jung.
(d) Freud.

4. At what age does Mike May lose his vision?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

5. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?
(a) The car would flip over.
(b) The square would be a rectangle.
(c) The circle would most likely turn out to be more elliptical.
(d) The car would go off the road.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when one's brain changes?

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

4. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

5. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?

(see the answer key)

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