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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

2. How many features of the human hand does Mary Marzke identify?

3. What does Herophilus discover?

4. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?

5. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What terms does John Napier use that mean essentially the same as "prehensile" and "non-prehensile" and what do the terms mean?

2. What are the eight features of the human hand according to Mary Marzke?

3. What does the addition and transport of weight to the body cause?

4. According to Wilson, what are the two problem-solving strategies that stand out?

5. How did Duchenne demonstrate the physiology of movement?

6. What does Wilson say about our hands and feet as we are about to waken and right after?

7. What does Mary Marzke classify and how does she do so?

8. What is the connection between marionettes and the human muscle and tendon configuration in the arms and legs?

9. What puzzles Frank Wilson about rock climbing and piano playing? Why?

10. Who is David and how is he able to succeed at wrestling despite not being very strong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The human brain accounts for intelligence or the ability to discover, weigh and relate facts to solve problems. Wilson claims there are two problem-solving strategies that stand out. They are the ability to design and manufacture a large, diverse, specialized inventory of tools and the use of words established by agreement among people as codes and symbols to stand for a real-world object or process.

1. Explain, in depth, why the ability to discover, weigh, and relate facts is a good measure of intelligence. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Explain why the ability to design and manufacture tools is an important survival skill and problem solving ability. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Explain how language consists of agreements about codes and symbols among people. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Through the ages of human history Wilson explores cultural transformation of human paths and posits the "permanent immaturity" of a human brain. Wilson's underlying thesis is that people are born resourceful. Over time and experience, they adapt and evolve to become skillful and thoughtful.

1. Explain, in detail what is meant by "permanent immaturity" of a human brain. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Discuss two ways in which humans have adapted to their environment. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Explain how becoming more skillful and thoughtful is related to evolution. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss, in depth, the following statements using examples from the text to support your answer:

1. Writing and drawing relate to many other skills using small tools by both right and left-handers.

2. Throwing and throwing arm choice correlates with other whole body skills.

3. Right-handers both write and throw with that hand, whereas left-hand writers throw with right hands in one-half the cases and have stronger, larger right-hand thumbs and kick with a right foot.

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