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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 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 always comes after a judgment.
(b) A prediction is a judgment that involves uncertainty.
(c) Uncertainty is a necessary precursor for both prediction and judgment.
(d) A judgment is more important than a prediction.

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

4. What kind of opinion did Tversky have about historians and history books?
(a) Tversky thought much of what was in history books was fiction created by the authors.
(b) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with economists.
(c) Tversky had great respect for historians.
(d) Tversky thought historians needed to work more closely with fiction writers to make their writing more interesting.

5. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?
(a) Mount Sinai Hospital.
(b) Boston University Hospital.
(c) Sunnybrook Hospital.
(d) Los Angeles Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kahneman and Tversky discover about the soldiers' reasons for fighting?

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

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

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

5. What was the compound involved in seeding hurricanes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does Lewis describe Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship?

2. In Chapter 6, how did Kahneman say Tversky helped streamline his own thinking during the early years they worked together?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 7, why did Kahneman's and Tverksy's theories upset historians so much?

5. After the conflict in 1973, what topic did Tversky entice Kahneman to work with him on tackling?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 10, what habit did Richard Thaler have when he played board games as a child and what did this indicate about his personality?

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

9. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Khaneman uncover about a main motivating factor in the decision-making process?

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

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