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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. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?
(a) Boston University Hospital.
(b) Sunnybrook Hospital.
(c) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(d) Los Angeles Hospital.

2. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?
(a) A sure smaller gain over a possible larger gain.
(b) A loss for a friend over a loss for oneself.
(c) A sure loss over a sure gain.
(d) A large amount of money over a small amount of money.

3. What kind of opinion did Tversky have about historians and history books?
(a) Tversky had great respect for historians.
(b) Tversky thought much of what was in history books was fiction created by the authors.
(c) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with fiction writers to make their writing more interesting.
(d) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with economists.

4. What did Redelmeier's experiment measuring the so-called "peak-end rule" involve?
(a) Optical exams.
(b) Bone breakages.
(c) Colonoscopies.
(d) Blood tests.

5. Which of the following principals did Tversky set out to study/prove during his time in Michigan?
(a) The Halo Effect.
(b) Anchoring.
(c) Representativeness.
(d) Transitivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The belief in which of the following was the subject of Tversky's and Kahneman's early works?

2. Which Nobel prize-winner said that Tversky had a first-rate mind, which one could tell by listening to his lectures?

3. What did Tversky and Kahneman write that people's intuitive expectations are governed by in one of their early papers?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman eventually title their work about decision-making?

5. How did Kahneman change the way tank drivers were trained?

(see the answer key)

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