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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Yves Guiard propose both hands perform?
(a) Precisely.
(b) In partnership.
(c) In opposition.
(d) Spontaneously.

2. What is one of medicine's oldest links?
(a) The Hippocratic oath.
(b) Medicines.
(c) Existence of pathogens.
(d) Magic and its connection with charismatic persuasion.

3. What does Jack Schaefer do?
(a) Is a photographer.
(b) Builds homes.
(c) Designs engines.
(d) Operates a frame shop.

4. What do great pianists no precede?
(a) Human language.
(b) Music.
(c) The invention of the piano.
(d) Art.

5. How does Greenfield say she knows how a child will solve Greenfield's stick puzzle?
(a) By observing which thumb is larger.
(b) By observing which foot the child starts out on when walking.
(c) By knowing the child's age.
(d) By knowing if the child can read.

6. To what do writing and drawing relate?
(a) Many other skills using small tools.
(b) Seeing and hearing.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Touch and sight.

7. What does the Israeli physicist desire to do rather than increasing muscle strength in a paralyzed person?
(a) Increase muscle flexibility.
(b) Decrease messag flow to the brain so as not to overwhelm.
(c) Increase pain tolerance levels.
(d) Return message flow from the brain as it was before paralysis.

8. What is ChomTur?
(a) A rubric for studying speech patterns.
(b) A rubric for studying brain wave patterns.
(c) The term for specialized control mechanisms of language.
(d) A term for specialized control mechanisms of thought.

9. By what age do most young children begin to make sentences?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 6 months.

10. For how long has the brain been preadapted for speech?
(a) More than a million years.
(b) For about 25,000 years.
(c) For about 10,000 years.
(d) Over 100,000 years.

11. What does Wilson say laboring in the kitchen takes?
(a) The ability to distinguish among subtle flavors.
(b) The ability to ignore heat.
(c) Strong physical stamina.
(d) Strong emotional health.

12. How do physicians get patients to take their medicines and follow instructions?
(a) Threatening them.
(b) Encouragement or charm.
(c) They have no way to do so.
(d) Giving the instructions to a loved one to supervise.

13. Who is the author of Awareness Through Movement?
(a) Frank Wilson.
(b) Moshe Feldenkrais.
(c) It was an anonymous publication.
(d) Jonathon Fleishman.

14. What does Wilson wonder about his daughter?
(a) If her fingers could move faster over the piano keyboard.
(b) If she can rock climb since she is an accomplished musician.
(c) How she makes her fingers move so fast over the piano keyboard?
(d) If her stuttering was what leads to her abilities as a musician.

15. What is a consistent practice common to Feldenkrais and other methods of healing?
(a) Using medicine.
(b) The use of heat.
(c) The use of the hands.
(d) Visualizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can cause reduced bodily movement?

2. What does the Israeli physicist perceive as a sophisticated controller of movement?

3. What do some people claim is not biologically relevant?

4. What does Reynolds do in Australia?

5. To whom does Wilson refer for information on heuristics of language and music?

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