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	1. Who is credited with invention of the geodesic dome? Euclicides Walt Disney Buckminster Fuller Alexander Graham Bell
	2. A little recognized contemporary of the 'pragmatists' at the University of Chicago in the late 1800's, he postulated an inverse relationship between technology and human beings' ability to empathize with one another. Who was Gregory Bateson? Who was John Dewey? Who was Meyer Lansky? Who was G. H. Mead?
	3. Something occurs in most human beings around age 12 that makes learning new concepts difficult for them thereafter. What is it? Puberty begins Our brain growth slows dramatically We select our gender preference We disconnect from our parental figures
	4. What is synergy? the behavior of whole systems independent of and unpredicted by the behavior of their subsystems A company logo The tendency for any object to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force The originial name given to 'the force' by George Lucas
	5. Individual differences in adult learning can be accounted for by ... genetics cognitive styles the immediate environment all of the above
	6. Who are these men? The former President and Chairperson of the Senate Bill Gore and Al Clinton. Bill Clinton and Al Gore. the same man
	7. The answer above is difficult as reflected in which quote by William James? "Religion is the opiate of the masses." "To be or not to be, that is the question." "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." "Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part always comes out of our own mind."
	8. Instructional development owes its modern existence to the work of whom? E. L. Thorndike. John Dewey. Aristotle. The Children's Television Workshop.
	9. Who said "Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing"? E. L. Thorndike. John Dewey. Bucky Fuller. Michael Polayni.
	10. "Projection" is a concept in learning most closely associated with Gestalt psychology. InFocus, Inc. The parapsychology department at U.C.L.A.. defending oneself against new ideas.

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