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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what journal was the case about Capgras delusion first published?
(a) Neurological Science.
(b) Psychiatric Weekly.
(c) Behavioral Science Monthly.
(d) Biology.

2. The author states that he suspects that our recognition of familiar people, pets, and even objects within our lives is based on what?
(a) Competitive feelings.
(b) Our ideas about them.
(c) Our feelings about them.
(d) Survival tactics.

3. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Language.
(c) Decision-making.
(d) Affection.

4. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?
(a) It is actually that the sense of self is ebbing away.
(b) It is actually that one module is stronger than another in a particular situation.
(c) It is actually that the not-self is becoming fully realized.
(d) It is actually that one mental compartment is larger than another.

5. In what decade were the famous series of experiments conducted by Benjamin Libet?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?

2. The author notes that generally, the thoughts that arise during meditation follow how many common themes?

3. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?

4. The author states that as times change, so should conclusions and what other element?

5. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?

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