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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 9 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was one of Tversky's and Kahneman's heuristics for judgement?
(a) The Halo Effect.
(b) Hindsight.
(c) Availability.
(d) Hunger.

2. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. Who was Tversky visiting in the United States in the summer of 1970?
(a) Paul Slovic.
(b) Amnon Rapoport.
(c) Danny Kahneman.
(d) Lewis Goldberg.

4. To whom did Tversky write to explain his reasoning for staying in the United States?
(a) Gidon Czapski.
(b) Mitchell Rodeon.
(c) Robert Scheinbaum.
(d) Marcus Samuel.

5. What kind of audience did Tversky and Kahneman have in mind when they wrote their first papers together?
(a) No particular audience.
(b) Economists.
(c) Their family and friends.
(d) World leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tversky and Kahneman do in the war in 1973?

2. What was the title of Tversky's and Kahneman's first paper to describe how people formed judgments?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Lewis say Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship was like in every way other than sexually?

4. What did Kahneman and Tversky discover about the soldiers' reasons for fighting?

5. In Chapter 6, who persuaded the National Science Foundation to allocate $60,000 to him for a behavioral science research center?

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