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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 6 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?
(a) Regression to the mean.
(b) Financial hardship.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Confidence.

2. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?
(a) Sniper.
(b) Spy.
(c) Tank driver.
(d) Paratrooper.

3. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?
(a) Effie Finklestein.
(b) Ella Peron.
(c) Shimon Shamir.
(d) Maisie Barber.

4. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?
(a) A sway room.
(b) A mechanical bull.
(c) A wind tunnel.
(d) A caster room.

5. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.
(b) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.
(c) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
(d) LeBron James and Yao Ming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tversky like to do in the summer of 1970 as he talked through some ideas with friends?

2. Why does Morey think he wrongly passed on drafting Jeremy Lin?

3. What is hindsight bias?

4. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?

5. What did Tversky think he originally might want to become?

(see the answer key)

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