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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?
(a) A sway room.
(b) A caster room.
(c) A wind tunnel.
(d) A mechanical bull.

3. What did Tversky and Kahneman find about many choices all decision-makers face?
(a) The choices are often two unpleasant options.
(b) The choices are affected by whether or not one is a parent.
(c) The choices are clouded by positive emotions.
(d) The choices are clouded by other people's opinions.

4. In Chapter 11, at what institution was Miles Shore the Bullard Professor of Psychiatry?
(a) Harvard Medical School.
(b) Princeton Medical School.
(c) Hebrew University Medical School.
(d) Yale Medical School.

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

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

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

8. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?
(a) Eczema.
(b) Blindness.
(c) A speech impediment.
(d) Polio.

9. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?
(a) Thomas Colhard.
(b) Les Robertson.
(c) Marcus Samuelson.
(d) Rachel Adams.

10. In Chapter 9, which of the following does Lewis say was never far from Tversky's and Kahneman's minds or conversations?
(a) Their children.
(b) Romance and fame.
(c) War and politics.
(d) Old grudges.

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

12. What did Tversky and Kahneman eventually title their work about decision-making?
(a) Loss Theory.
(b) Prospect Theory.
(c) Gain Theory.
(d) Marshall Theory.

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

14. Where did Tversky travel to as the cease-fire took hold?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Tel Aviv.
(c) The Suez Canal area.
(d) The Sinai.

15. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Eugene, Oregon.
(c) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one question did Kenneth Arrow ask Tversky after his lecture in Chapter 10?

2. What did one Hebrew University official say to Tversky about him leaving Israel for the United States?

3. Where did Tversky spend the 1970-71 academic year?

4. Who was the original owner of the World Trade Center?

5. Who was the psychology professor who thought Tversky's and Kahneman's early work would win a Nobel Prize in Economics?

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