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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In an experiment, male respondents in rooms with women were more likely to rate what as an important goal?
(a) Survival.
(b) Attractiveness.
(c) Career.
(d) Wealth acquisition.

3. The psychologist Paul Bloom writes that what concept is a human universal?
(a) Essentialism.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Deconstructionism.

4. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Senses.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Modules.

5. What type of bird was rated the most highly in the study introduced by the author under the heading "Infiltration of Perception by Feeling" (159)?
(a) Swans.
(b) Robins.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Eagles.

6. What piece of text asserts that "Form is emptiness" (143)?
(a) The Heart Sutra.
(b) The Samadhiraja Sutra.
(c) The Kama Sutra.
(d) The Four Principles.

7. The author introduces what concept in order to urge the reader to find more happiness in his or her own life?
(a) Aesthetic beauty.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Formlessness.

8. The author states that the idea of enlightenment is to take what action in regard to one's delusions?
(a) To obscure them.
(b) To lose them.
(c) To define them.
(d) To remember them.

9. Chapter 7 is entitled "The Mental Modules That Run Your" what?
(a) Day.
(b) Life.
(c) Mechanism.
(d) Machine.

10. The author states that people often impose beliefs and structure onto various what?
(a) Religions.
(b) Smells.
(c) Sights.
(d) Sounds.

11. Which of the following examples is used by the author to demonstrate that human brains are not foolproof?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Optical illusions.
(d) Super-8 videos.

12. An intertemporal utility function represents how willing a person is to delay what?
(a) Gratification.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Death.
(d) Injury.

13. The author states that he suspects that what word is dependent upon "a melange of feelings that you've come to associate with" this object?
(a) Cloud.
(b) Biscuit.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Butterfly.

14. When the author describes the colors of his hallucination during meditation, what colors does he name?
(a) Red and yellow.
(b) Orange and purple.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Purple and green.

15. The author argues that for the average human, what type of perception is an impossible task to achieve?
(a) Precise.
(b) Unadulterated.
(c) Connected.
(d) Clear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for the tendency to attribute inner essences to things?

2. The author notes that it is generally easier for one to distance oneself from one’s emotions than one’s what?

3. What problem does the author say afflicts him when he is trying to work?

4. The author states that specific types of what can turn off the autopilot mode for feelings?

5. Within which type of psychology have scientists learned that people can judge each other quickly through non-verbal communication?

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