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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?
(a) Regression to the mean.
(b) Financial hardship.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Confidence.

2. What did Tversky like to do in the summer of 1970 as he talked through some ideas with friends?
(a) Play hockey.
(b) Play video games.
(c) Play soccer.
(d) Shoot baskets.

3. What was Lew Goldberg's work known for addressing?
(a) The idea that expert judgments could be less reliable than algorithms.
(b) The idea that being hungry makes one buy more when grocery shopping.
(c) The idea that people's consumer habits are influenced heavily by colors.
(d) The idea that being cold makes one more likely to participate in violent acts.

4. Where was Redelmeier accepted as a resident in 1985?
(a) Yale.
(b) Thomas Jefferson University.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Harvard.

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

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

7. Who served as the middleman in the negotiations between Israel and Syria in 1974?
(a) Bill Mitchell.
(b) Henry Kissinger.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Richard Nixon.

8. What feeling was regret closely linked to, according to Tversky's and Kahneman's research in Chapter 9?
(a) Feeling anger towards a parent.
(b) Hurting someone else's feelings.
(c) Coming close to some goal or desire but not achieving it.
(d) Disliking one's spouse.

9. What was the prevailing theory of decision-making called when Tversky and Kahneman began researching it?
(a) Loss theory.
(b) Utility theory.
(c) Sense theory.
(d) Reward theory.

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

11. What was the compound involved in seeding hurricanes?
(a) Platinum Oxide.
(b) Carbon Dioxide.
(c) Silver iodide.
(d) Nitrogen Oxide.

12. What did the Israeli army mistakenly think was the result of superiors praising pilots?
(a) There was no effect from the praise on the pilots' next flights.
(b) The superiors felt worse after praising the pilots.
(c) The pilots performed worse on their next flights because of the praise.
(d) The pilots performed better on their next flights due to the praise.

13. Where were the leaders in decision analysis clustered in the early 1970s?
(a) The Stanford Research Institute.
(b) Oxford and Cambridge.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) The Sorbonne.

14. What publication did Tversky and Kahneman think offered them the best chance of reaching audiences outside of psychology?
(a) Science.
(b) Time.
(c) Nature.
(d) Newsweek.

15. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?
(a) Overcharging.
(b) Lack of staff.
(c) Preventable infections.
(d) Clinical misjudgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mathematician had published the major theory of decision-making when Tversky and Kahneman started researching it?

2. In Chapter 9, why was Tversky worried about where Kahneman was sleeping?

3. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?

4. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?

5. What theory did J. Allan Hobson refute effectively in his own research?

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