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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Using a mirror.
(b) Having the man sing.
(c) Pulling on the tongue in question.
(d) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.

2. What are two examples of optical illusions?
(a) The apparent motion of stationary images and the apparent change in size of images when their backgrounds are changed.
(b) A round circle looking elliptical.
(c) Red looking black.
(d) A square being a rectangle.

3. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) A few milliseconds.
(b) Sometimes up to a minute.
(c) We actually live slightly into the future.
(d) A second or two.

4. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?
(a) Freud.
(b) Jung.
(c) Ericksson.
(d) Johnson.

5. What does the author call self-healing material?
(a) Internal organs.
(b) The skin.
(c) The brain.
(d) Bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

2. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?

3. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

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

5. By what are thoughts underpinned?

(see the answer key)

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