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

2. Where was Ward Edwards fired from before he moved to Michigan?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Northwestern University.
(c) Johns Hopkins University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. What did Kahneman and Tversky discover about the soldiers' reasons for fighting?
(a) They were fighting to avoid another fascist regime.
(b) They were fighting because of their hatred of the Russians.
(c) They were fighting for Zionism.
(d) They were fighting for friends and families.

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

5. What hypothetical problem was a classic example of a framing issue?
(a) The Asian Disease Problem.
(b) The Blue Ocean Rant.
(c) The Kobayashi Maru.
(d) The Fleishman Problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Israeli army mistakenly think was the result of superiors praising pilots?

2. What did Tversky and Kahneman begin to realize that people were often doing rather than making random mistakes when they formed judgments?

3. What did the Kahnemans do to pass as Christians while in hiding?

4. What did Redelmeier say Kahneman was more likely to see in his own work than Tversky was able to see in his own work?

5. How much older than he was Amos Tversky's sister?

(see the answer key)

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