The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Frank R. Wilson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Frank R. Wilson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad Boys, Polyliths, and the Heterotechnic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is now known to be important that originally was not thought to be so during early studies?
(a) Strength.
(b) Flexibility.
(c) Length of digits.
(d) The thumb.

2. What does Galen discover?
(a) Pairs of muscles must pull in the same direction for action.
(b) Muscles cannot pull without ligaments acting in opposition.
(c) Ligaments pull muscles in the same direction for pulling and in opposite directions for pushing
(d) Pairs of muscles are required to pull against each other for action.

3. What is a polylith?
(a) An object made completely of fibers.
(b) A drawing that is three dimensional.
(c) An object made of joined units or subassemblies.
(d) A drawing with several layers.

4. What rule does Greenfield propose?
(a) A hierarchical rule generator.
(b) A rule that a person uses to decide what skills to develop.
(c) A rule that illustrates how an adult can sometimes change hand dominence.
(d) A rule that illustrates how a child can sometimes change hand dominence.

5. What is the juggling riddle?
(a) How three balls can be in motion yet one held in the hand at the same time.
(b) How many balls it takes a juggler to feel accomplished.
(c) Asking riddles while you juggler to demonstrate your expertise.
(d) How a juggler can hold two balls in each hand and juggle two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can both humans and primates make?

2. From where does Sherrington discover signals originate to cause movement?

3. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?

4. What does Jack Schaefer do?

5. What is Jack restoring?

(see the answer key)

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