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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what are thoughts underpinned?
(a) Physical stuff.
(b) Electrical waves.
(c) Sound.
(d) Fluids.

2. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?
(a) Nephrons.
(b) Hepatic.
(c) Neurons.
(d) Erythrocytes.

3. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) At least daily.
(b) A few times an hour.
(c) Whenever it has the energy to do so.
(d) Hundreds of times per second.

4. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?
(a) It is a way to tell if the participant is looking directly at the computer screen.
(b) Dilated eyes have nothing to do with the experiment.
(c) The men were more attracted to women with dilated eyes.
(d) It is a measure of the light used.

5. How does the author refer to the brain?
(a) As the guts of the individual life.
(b) As five pounds of power.
(c) As the organ that works in tandem with the heart.
(d) As the mission control center.

Short Answer Questions

1. How complex is the human brain?

2. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?

3. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?

4. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?

5. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?

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