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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does the author most often engage in when he is avoiding work?
(a) Online shopping.
(b) Baking.
(c) Riding his bike.
(d) Doing yard work.

2. The author notes that generally, the thoughts that arise during meditation follow how many common themes?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What is the Samadhiraja Sutra?
(a) A Buddhist text.
(b) A Buddhist relic.
(c) A Taoist text.
(d) A Shinto relic.

4. Within which type of psychology have scientists learned that people can judge each other quickly through non-verbal communication?
(a) Social psychology.
(b) Behavioral psychology.
(c) Animal psychology.
(d) Abnormal psychology.

5. In the philosophical illustration focused on a charioteer and horses, what does the charioteer represent?
(a) The prefrontal cortex.
(b) The hypothalamus gland.
(c) The temporal lobe.
(d) The adrenal gland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?

3. The author states, “It’s kind of amazing, when you think about it, that the world would be set up this way: that the path you embark on to relieve yourself of suffering would, if pursued assiduously, lead you to become not just a happier person but a person with a clearer view of" (263) what two types of reality?

4. The author states that seeing the world as what is an essential step on the path to enlightenment?

5. To what cause does the author attribute his unnatural attachment to a particular type of object?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the author's perspective of how indulging one's craving once can lead to future indulgences?

2. How does the author characterize the difference between tribal psychology and general psychology?

3. What is the purpose for observing one's own thoughts within a meditation session?

4. Explain the emptiness doctrine presented by the author within the chapter entitled Encounters with the Formless.

5. What does the author mean when he claims that humans are essentialists?

6. Describe Plato's use of the horse and charioteer analogy to comment on the relationship between feelings and the rational self.

7. What emotion is one of the most studied in relation to the phenomenon of modules governing behavior and why?

8. What is the significance of the author's discussion of the Capgras delusion?

9. What is one method the author suggests for a way to observe one's thoughts objectively?

10. In what way does the author use the appeal of ethos within the chapter entitled "Encounters with the Formless"?

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