WorksheetsMaya Shankar on Hidden Brain (You 2.0)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What musical instrument did Maya Shankar play for many years in her youth?
viola
piano
cello
violin
saxophone
Which member of Maya's family was a classical violinist?
mother
grandmother
aunt
father
older sibling
Maya learned to play the violin using the Suzuki method, which emphasizes...
playing from sheet music.
writing your own music.
playing by ear.
music from Japanese composers.
After Maya injured a tendon in one of her fingers, her doctors ordered her to...
stop playing violin completely.
have surgery.
take a year-long break from the violin.
do special exercises every two hours.
What helped Maya find a new direction in life?
running into a friend she hadn't seen in years
finding a book in her parents' basement
finding a stray kitten
getting a parking ticket
As she read the book, Maya was excited to learn...
why self-driving cars are safer than some think.
about people who changed the course of history.
that there might be life on other planets.
how complex the human mind is.
Maya wanted to use her new knowledge of behavioral science to influence public policy, but she knew nothing about...
bureaucracy.
government.
politics.
the legal system.
Maya eventually found herself working for...
First Lady Laura Bush.
President George W. Bush.
First Lady Michelle Obama.
President Barack Obama.
While working in the Obama administration, Maya used her expertise in behavioral science to help...
the Department of Agriculture feed people.
First Lady Michelle Obama promote healthy eating.
the Census Bureau revise the forms it uses.
the Department of Transportation reduce road rage.
The host of Hidden Brain concludes Maya Shankar's story by saying "We often underestimate our capacity to...
endure extreme pain."
learn how to play a musical instrument."
reinvent ourselves."
rebel against our family's expectations for us."
