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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kahneman change the way tank drivers were trained?
(a) He said they would learn best in pairs.
(b) He said they would learn best by taking notes.
(c) He said they would learn best in trios.
(d) He said they would learn best in bursts of 30-minute intervals.

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

3. What did the Israeli army mistakenly think was the result of superiors praising pilots?
(a) The superiors felt worse after praising the pilots.
(b) There was no effect from the praise on the pilots' next flights.
(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.

4. Which mathematician had published the major theory of decision-making when Tversky and Kahneman started researching it?
(a) Harold Bayes.
(b) Jonathan Keynes.
(c) Leonardo DaVinci.
(d) Daniel Bernoulli.

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

6. In Chapter 9, what did Kahneman say people needed in order to make a decision rather than a number?
(a) A soul.
(b) A story.
(c) A heart.
(d) A conscience.

7. In Chapter 9, what does Lewis say Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship was like in every way other than sexually?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Parents and children.
(d) Siblings.

8. Where did Tversky spend the 1970-71 academic year?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Stanford University.

9. What did both Tversky and Kahneman sense regarding their joint work during their year in Eugene?
(a) A waning interest in their work.
(b) Less financial opportunities for both of them.
(c) More financial opportunities for both of them.
(d) Growing interest in their work.

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

11. In Chapter 8, what was the hospital Donald Redelmeier worked at known for?
(a) Treating mental health issues.
(b) Treating heart attacks.
(c) Treating victims of car accidents.
(d) Treating bone injuries.

12. Which of the following did Tversky and Kahneman find that people overwhelmingly chose in gambling simulations?
(a) A sure smaller gain over a possible larger gain.
(b) A sure loss over a sure gain.
(c) A loss for a friend over a loss for oneself.
(d) A large amount of money over a small amount of money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tversky travel to do research in the summer of 1970?

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

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

4. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?

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

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