Deck 10: A Leaders Guide to Why People Behave the Way They Do

Question 1

The human brain cell can connect with how many other brain cells.

A) 500
B) 5,000
C) 10,000
D) 100,000

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A two-day infant looks at its parents with loving eyes.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Memes are:

A) Comedians who express humor without voice
B) Clumps of protein
C) Intangible packets of information
D) Holiday gifts from relatives.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

_____________ are the conventions that we use to name things.

A) Dissociative genes
B) Memetic genes
C) Genetic memes
D) Distinction memes.

Question 5

People tend to withdraw from engaging in organizations because:

A) Their pay is too low
B) Their talents are being underutilized
C) They live too far away
D) They have too much to do at home.

Question 6

If you put a carrot in front and a whip behind, what you have in the middle is a:

A) Employee
B) Child
C) Student
D) Jackass.

Question 7

Every child born into the world inherits two legacies:

A) Memes and genes
B) Hair color and height
C) Family status and power
D) Dignity and respect.

Question 8

Children who get insufficient answers to four or five basic experiential questions often grow up with holes in their personalities.

Question 9

One measure of maturity is the degree to which people:

A) See and understand their own memes
B) Develop influence over others
C) Accept their genetic history
D) Become wealthy.

Question 10

Your genetic legacy can affect your natural personality.

Question 11

ADD stands for:

A) The opposite of subtraction
B) Attention Deficit Disorder
C) Adult Development Drives
D) Average daily double

Question 12

Nigel Nicholson argues that leadership is genetic.

Question 13

People who seem driven to pile up achievements in life:

A) Are to be envied
B) Make it hard for the rest of us
C) May have holes in their personalities
D) Are very satisfied.

Question 14

To be an effective leader, one needs to know why people behave the way they do.

Question 15

Most people become something more than mere vessels transmitting the genes and memes of previous generations on to the next.