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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 12 - Coda).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 systematically wrong.
(b) Making mistakes based on money.
(c) Doing something fundamental to their survival.
(d) Making mistakes based on misperception of color.

2. What did Tversky and Kahneman do in the war in 1973?
(a) They were assigned as cooks.
(b) They were assigned as paratroopers.
(c) They were assigned as fighter pilots.
(d) They were assigned to the psychology unit.

3. What did Amos Tversky's father do for a living?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Accountant.

4. Where was Richard Thaler an assistant professor in 1975?
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Rochester.
(d) Stanford University.

5. The mention of which of the following places always triggered an uneasy feeling in Kahneman's mind after Tversky's death?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Rome.
(c) Peru.
(d) Bora-Bora.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kahneman remember April 27, 1944?

2. Which of the following was one of Tversky's and Kahneman's heuristics for judgement?

3. Which psychologist's work prompted Tversky to travel to Michigan to study?

4. Who did Amos Tversky dedicate his PhD dissertation to?

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

(see the answer key)

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