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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. In Chapter 6, who persuaded the National Science Foundation to allocate $60,000 to him for a behavioral science research center?
(a) Marshall McLuhan.
(b) Paul Hoffman.
(c) Amos Tversky.
(d) Danny Kahneman.

2. What was the title of Tversky's and Kahneman's first paper to describe how people formed judgments?
(a) The March of Time in Eugene.
(b) Who Will Choose the Pickle?
(c) Subjective Probability: A Judgment of Representativeness.
(d) Heuristics: A Primer.

3. Who coauthored the first article Tversky ever wrote about medicine?
(a) Don Redelmeier.
(b) Danny Kahneman.
(c) Hal Sox.
(d) Lew Goldberg.

4. What did Redelmeier say Kahneman was more likely to see in his own work than Tversky was able to see in his own work?
(a) How it could be applied in the real world.
(b) What was wrong with it.
(c) How much money it would generate for the different universities.
(d) How others would likely criticize it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?

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

3. What was Lew Goldberg's work known for addressing?

4. What did Tversky and Kahneman find about many choices all decision-makers face?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Lewis say Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship was like in every way other than sexually?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In 1973, why did Kahneman and Tversky rush home to Israel from the United States?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 6, what surprised researchers about people's reactions to the motion in a room that simulated a swaying skyscraper?

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

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

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