View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 9 - 11).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the head of the Israeli military psychology?
(a) Benny Shalit.
(b) Lew Goldberg.
(c) Marshall Fishbein.
(d) Larry Sheinbaum.

2. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.
(b) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.
(c) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(d) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.

3. In Chapter 4, when did Tversky return to Israel after studying in Michigan?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1966.

4. In Oregon, where did Tversky and Kahneman find an office to work together in?
(a) A former Unitarian church.
(b) A former florist shop.
(c) A former post office.
(d) A former butcher shop.

5. What position did Tversky eventually rise to in the Israeli army?
(a) General.
(b) Tank driver.
(c) Platoon commander.
(d) Spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?

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

3. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?

4. Where was Richard Thaler an assistant professor in 1975?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 255 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample