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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 school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?
(a) Keynesian.
(b) Gesellschaft.
(c) Gestalt.
(d) Gemeinschaft.

2. In Chapter 6, who persuaded the National Science Foundation to allocate $60,000 to him for a behavioral science research center?
(a) Paul Hoffman.
(b) Amos Tversky.
(c) Marshall McLuhan.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

3. Which team did Stephan Curry play for?
(a) The Houston Rockets.
(b) The Golden State Warriors.
(c) The Miami Heat.
(d) The L.A. Lakers.

4. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say was necessary to study if one was interested in studying memory?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Forgetting.
(d) Endorphins.

5. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?
(a) How strange it was that neither man had invited him to travel to Israel.
(b) How each man did his best work while playing basketball and discussing their ideas at the same time.
(c) How little he knew about each man's life.
(d) How little he knew about each man's educational background.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of professional does Morey often hire who always seem to disappoint him?

2. Why was Kahneman's father released from the Nazi prison camp after six weeks?

3. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?

4. What did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?

5. Who did Amos Tversky stand beside in the line for the entrance tests to be admitted to Hebrew University's psychology program?

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