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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. Who coauthored the first article Tversky ever wrote about medicine?
(a) Hal Sox.
(b) Don Redelmeier.
(c) Lew Goldberg.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

2. What nickname did Houston radio personalities give to Daryl Morey when he first took over as general manager of the city's NBA team?
(a) The Ringer.
(b) Bulldog.
(c) Deep Blue.
(d) The Killer.

3. What subject was Kahneman running experiments on in his Berkeley lab by the time he met Redelmeier?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Regret.
(d) Financial Hardship.

4. What does Lewis say that Kahneman's volatility was for Danny?
(a) A strength.
(b) Both a weakness and a strenth.
(c) A weakness.
(d) A wrench in his career.

5. Which psychologist's work prompted Tversky to travel to Michigan to study?
(a) Michael Bayes.
(b) Danny Kahneman.
(c) Ward Edwards.
(d) Murray Gell-Mann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did both Tversky and Kahneman sense regarding their joint work during their year in Eugene?

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

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

4. Which of the following books did Kahneman like as a boy?

5. What was Lew Goldberg's work known for addressing?

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