Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

David Eagleman
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

David Eagleman
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Brain Is a Team of Rivals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?
(a) To be attracted to faces.
(b) To want to understand what motivates our desires.
(c) To understand what motivates our desires.
(d) To be attracted to voices.

2. What did some commentators say about the incident with the actor?
(a) That the man is truly anti-Hispanic and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(b) That the man is truly anti-Black and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(c) That the man is truly anti-Asian and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(d) That the man is truly anti-Semitic and it was revealed when he was drunk.

3. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?
(a) The full story.
(b) The way the images are bounced through the mind like light in a camera.
(c) The way the images fit together.
(d) The way the images are recorded as fact but much more exists that the video camera does not capture.

4. What does the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?
(a) We are always ready to judge and condemn.
(b) We want to think of ourselves and others as being one way or another.
(c) We want to excuse others so we can excuse ourselves.
(d) We are always ready to excuse celetrity behavior.

5. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) The question is rhetorical and not important.
(b) If the question could be answered, we'd all be in trouble for the way we think.
(c) The question is more complex than either/or.
(d) The question is fairly black and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far in the past do we actually "live"?

2. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

3. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?

4. How is what a person likes determined?

5. What do some brain scientists propose?

(see the answer key)

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