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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tversky like to call good ideas?
(a) Brownies.
(b) Raisins.
(c) Gold nuggets.
(d) Bonbons.

2. In Chapter 7, how did Tversky and Kahneman classify the relationship between prediction and judgment?
(a) A prediction is a judgment that involves uncertainty.
(b) A judgment is more important than a prediction.
(c) A prediction always comes after a judgment.
(d) Uncertainty is a necessary precursor for both prediction and judgment.

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

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

5. What did Tversky hate but tolerate as a habit of Kahneman's?
(a) Eating fish.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Playing checkers.
(d) Taking walks.

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

7. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman briefly focus on once they despaired of changing adult minds about decision-making mistakes?
(a) Programs for elementary-aged children.
(b) Cartoon programs to help teach children about decision-making mistakes.
(c) Fictional books to help teach children about flaws in logical processes.
(d) College courses to help train parents to teach their children about flaws in decision-making processes.

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

9. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?
(a) Benyamin Albaum.
(b) Benny Shalit.
(c) Zvi Lanir.
(d) Shimon Perez.

10. Where did Kahneman fly to meet Anne Treisman and declare her love for her in 1975?
(a) Columbia.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

11. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?
(a) They did not have the intellectual tools to understand what they were finding.
(b) They did not have the time to complete their research.
(c) They did not have the funding to complete their research.
(d) They did not have the physical stamina to complete their research.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, which of the following does Lewis say was never far from Tversky's and Kahneman's minds or conversations?

2. What was the title of Tversky's and Kahneman's first paper to describe how people formed judgments?

3. In Chapter 6, who persuaded the National Science Foundation to allocate $60,000 to him for a behavioral science research center?

4. Why were governments reluctant to seeding hurricanes?

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

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