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

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 | Eight Week Quiz B

Frank R. Wilson
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puppet Lessons from Alexandria and Dusseldorf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?
(a) Retrained itself not to use them for walking
(b) Nothing.
(c) Made them functional in other areas.
(d) Developed other means of walking on all fours.

2. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a orthopedic doctor.
(b) His work as a neurologist.
(c) His work as a painter.
(d) His work as an art teacher.

3. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?
(a) A Greek word for cord or fiber.
(b) A Latin word for cord or fiber.
(c) A Slavic word for transmit.
(d) A Slavic word for entangle

4. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?
(a) The way an electrical charge stops movement.
(b) The physiology of movement.
(c) The way a muscle expands in order to pull.
(d) The way a muscle contracts in order to push.

5. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?
(a) Macromedian.
(b) Macrometric.
(c) Iconometric.
(d) Melometric.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?

3. Who is Robin Dunbar?

4. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

5. What is the critical significance of the paddle in Duchenne's model?

(see the answer key)

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