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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad Boys, Polyliths, and the Heterotechnic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Robertson Davies.
(b) Henry Plotkin.
(c) Merlin Donald.
(d) Frank Wilson.

2. Why is now known to be important that originally was not thought to be so during early studies?
(a) Length of digits.
(b) Strength.
(c) Flexibility.
(d) The thumb.

3. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?
(a) The groupings of tribes developed in a two-stage process.
(b) The human brain developed in a three-stage process.
(c) The human brain developed in a stop-and-go process.
(d) The human body developed in a three-stage process.

4. What does Reynolds do in Australia?
(a) Observe how the aborigines interact with the white people.
(b) Study the aborigines.
(c) Study the kangeroo.
(d) Study the koala.

5. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A learned response.
(b) A primary heuristic.
(c) A genetically fixed amount.
(d) A secondary heuristic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What supports the conscious dimension of action?

2. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?

3. What is pad-to-side?

4. Who describes the hand as the "consummation of all perfection as an instrument"?

5. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

(see the answer key)

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