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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 was Goldberg's paper about medical judgement that Lewis mentions in Chapter 6 titled?
(a) The Judgement Papers.
(b) Man versus Model of Man.
(c) The Expert Fallacy.
(d) Miracles of Misadventures in Medicine.

2. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?
(a) Rachel Adams.
(b) Marcus Samuelson.
(c) Thomas Colhard.
(d) Les Robertson.

3. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?
(a) Eugene, Oregon.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

4. Who was Amos Tversky's mother?
(a) Barbara Tversky.
(b) Anne Tversky.
(c) Marcia Tversky.
(d) Genia Tversky.

5. What publication did Tversky and Kahneman think offered them the best chance of reaching audiences outside of psychology?
(a) Time.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Nature.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?

2. What was Kahneman's rule for getting fighter pilots to remember instructions?

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

4. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?

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

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