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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From Genes to Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject would Wilson like to see more of in undergraduate education?
(a) Sciences.
(b) Humanities.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Arts.

2. Where do government policies typically originate, in Wilson's account?
(a) In politicians' thinking.
(b) In popular consensus.
(c) In majority rule.
(d) In experts in each field or region.

3. What is consilience?
(a) A proposal for reorganizing departments of knowledge.
(b) An agreed approach to different subjects.
(c) An underlying pattern that tends toward unification.
(d) A historical basis for unifying fields of study.

4. What methods did Descartes use in his work?
(a) Hypothesis and experimentation.
(b) Experiential learning and induction.
(c) Deduction and analysis.
(d) Induction and synthesis.

5. How do nurturists see the evolution of culture?
(a) As a complex interplay of environment and language.
(b) As result of language.
(c) As a result of environment.
(d) As a result of genetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do nerve cells in the brain send signals along?

2. How are scientific theories constructed and used within the scientific community, in Wilson's account?

3. What does natural selection provide for a species?

4. What does science seek, in Wilson's account?

5. How do hereditarians see the evolution of culture?

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