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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What theory did J. Allan Hobson refute effectively in his own research?
(a) Game theory.
(b) The theory of regret in relation to gains.
(c) The Freudian idea that dreams arose from unconscious desires.
(d) The Keynesian theory of economics.

3. What did Tversky and Kahneman spend the academic year 1970 - 71 doing?
(a) Researching questionnaire methods.
(b) Collecting data.
(c) Writing separate books.
(d) Gathering grant money.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What hypothetical problem was a classic example of a framing issue?

3. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?

4. In Chapter 11, at what institution was Miles Shore the Bullard Professor of Psychiatry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what touched Kahneman about Tversky's advice to him about where to sleep while they were in the area of the fighting in Israel?

2. In Chapter 6, what was a main feature of the way that Kahneman and Tversky worked together?

3. In Chapter 8, what is one reason Redelmeier suspected Tversky seemed to have so much time to work with him on ideas and papers?

4. In Chapter 9, what is one practical change Kahneman suggested to the Israeli army based on the garbage he saw on the side of the road?

5. In Chapter 8, what was Redelmeier's impression about the differences between working with Kahneman and Tversky?

6. In Chapter 9, what was one event that made Kahneman lose faith in his and Tversky's research to change minds at a high level?

7. In Chapter 7, what mathematical principle did Kahneman find was responsible for pilots' performance after praise or criticism?

8. Why did Kahneman and Tversky move to the United States at the same time in Chapter 10?

9. In Chapter 6, how does Lewis describe heuristics?

10. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman find out about soldiers' motivations for fighting?

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