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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. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?
(a) How each man did his best work while playing basketball and discussing their ideas at the same time.
(b) How little he knew about each man's educational background.
(c) How strange it was that neither man had invited him to travel to Israel.
(d) How little he knew about each man's life.

2. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman briefly focus on once they despaired of changing adult minds about decision-making mistakes?
(a) Cartoon programs to help teach children about decision-making mistakes.
(b) College courses to help train parents to teach their children about flaws in decision-making processes.
(c) Fictional books to help teach children about flaws in logical processes.
(d) Programs for elementary-aged children.

3. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?
(a) Doing something fundamental to their survival.
(b) Making mistakes based on misperception of color.
(c) Making mistakes based on money.
(d) Doing something systematically wrong.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?

2. What did one Hebrew University official say to Tversky about him leaving Israel for the United States?

3. What materials did researchers use to demonstrate Bayes's rule?

4. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?

5. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?

(see the answer key)

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