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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is David who is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Wilson's brother.
(b) Wilson's boyhood friend.
(c) An anonymous rock climber.
(d) Wilson's cousin.

2. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?
(a) An elevator operator.
(b) A crane operator.
(c) A grain elevator operator.
(d) A bulldozer operator.

3. What is one thing that demonstrates the integration of movement in the shoulder, arm and hand?
(a) The clenching of the fist.
(b) The rotation of the palm
(c) The unfolding of the fingers.
(d) The rotation of the arm.

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

5. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?
(a) Our interaction with others.
(b) Our food.
(c) Our hands.
(d) Our appointment books.

6. According to Wilson, why do children not usually enjoy doing juggling?
(a) They do not have the necessary hand-eye coordination.
(b) They are too easily bored with trying to learn it.
(c) They do not the the necessary concentration.
(d) They do not have the necessary physical stamina.

7. What supports the conscious dimension of action?
(a) The unconscious image of movement.
(b) The unconscious interaction of the neuromuscular system.
(c) The conscious intent to move.
(d) The brain.

8. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Evolution rate.
(c) Aggressiveness.
(d) Group size.

9. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A secondary heuristic.
(b) A learned response.
(c) A genetically fixed amount.
(d) A primary heuristic.

10. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?
(a) The groupings of tribes developed in a two-stage process.
(b) The human brain developed in a three-stage process.
(c) The human body developed in a three-stage process.
(d) The human brain developed in a stop-and-go process.

11. What is the weight of the touch of a pianist's fingers on the keyboard?
(a) About three pounds per square inch.
(b) About twelve ounces per square inch.
(c) About eight ounces per square inch.
(d) Less than three ounces per square inch.

12. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?
(a) Organizing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Language.
(d) Creating tribes.

13. How many features of the human hand does Mary Marzke identify?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

14. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?
(a) The memory portion of the brain.
(b) Practice.
(c) Nothing; once it's learned it is always available.
(d) Visualizing the skill daily.

15. For what does the thumb have to be long enough?
(a) To bend at a 90 degree angle.
(b) To reach the fingertips.
(c) To have two joints.
(d) To touch the last finger at its base.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herophilus discover?

2. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?

3. What is the hand's optimal position over the keyboard?

4. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?

5. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?

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