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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) That which impacts our safety.
(b) About ten percent of what is actually there.
(c) Just when something is out of the ordinary.
(d) About ninety percent of what is actually there.

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

3. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?
(a) Chickeners.
(b) Sorters.
(c) They do not have a name.
(d) Chicken sexers.

4. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?
(a) It can take place while easily freeing the brain for other matters.
(b) Vision is a very simple process of mirrors and reflections.
(c) Vision is an extremely complex process.
(d) The brain is so capable, it doesn't take much of it for any sensory input.

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

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

7. How do the eyes of blind people who recover their sight work compared to persons who are sighted since birth?
(a) The formerly blind person's eyes often do not work in tandem.
(b) The formerly blind person's eyes often only work in strong light.
(c) The person who is sighted from birth can see better in low light.
(d) The eyes both work the same in both groups.

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

9. What does Alberts record?
(a) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(b) African music.
(c) The sounds of many bird species.
(d) The sounds of the lions.

10. What is difficult to do when it comes to sorting young chickens?
(a) Keeping the chickens grouped.
(b) Keeping the mother from pecking you.
(c) Determining sex.
(d) Catching a chicken if it gets loose.

11. By what are thoughts underpinned?
(a) Fluids.
(b) Electrical waves.
(c) Physical stuff.
(d) Sound.

12. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 10.

13. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) A few milliseconds.
(b) Sometimes up to a minute.
(c) We actually live slightly into the future.
(d) A second or two.

14. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?
(a) When there is a repetitive task to learn that the unconscious can do efficently.
(b) When the conscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.
(c) When the unconscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.
(d) When there is a complicated task to learn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates a state of sexual arousal in women?

2. What is the most important part of seeing?

3. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?

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

5. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

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