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

2. The author states that rather than seeing the world as hopeless and empty, enlightened and otherwise accomplished meditators see each individual object, person, and experience as empty in the sense that it does not have a preset what?
(a) Value.
(b) Worth.
(c) Truth.
(d) Connotation.

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

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

5. Which philosopher is said to have had ideas that clearly reflect Buddhist ideals and that are reflected in modern psychology studies?
(a) Hume.
(b) Kant.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Descartes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering bought a painting he thought was painted by what artist and later turned out to be a forgery?

2. The author states that he suspects that our recognition of familiar people, pets, and even objects within our lives is based on what?

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

4. In the philosophical illustration focused on a charioteer and horses, what does the charioteer represent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the author's message about the intertemporal utility function and its relationship to the permanence of the self?

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

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

5. What four themes does the author state are generally focused upon within the passing thoughts observed during meditation?

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

7. What is the RAIN technique discussed by the author and how can it help quell a harmful urge?

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

9. For what purpose does the author discuss his disagreement with a prominent meditation teacher?

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

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