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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Amnon Rapoport travel to North Carolina in 1961?

2. What did Tversky think most people paid an enormous price for?

3. Who was Amos Tversky's mother?

4. What school of psychological thought was Kahneman most attracted to as a young man?

5. In Chapter 4, who did Tversky marry in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what did Kahneman's father tell him the night before he died?

2. What did Daryl Morey think was the best path to being able to pick draft players for an NBA team?

3. In Chapter 3, for what action did Tversky receive the Israeli army's highest honor?

4. Why did Morey miss out on picking the very talented Jeremy Lin for the Houston Rockets team?

5. In 2007, what was the problem with the talented basketball player Sean Williams?

6. In Chapter 2, how was Kahneman's father saved when the Nazis took him away in November 1941?

7. What is the common theme of the stories Lewis collects from Tversky's friends' and colleagues' recollections about him in Chapter 3?

8. What was Danny Kahneman particularly known for as a lecturer?

9. What was Tversky's first impression of Ward Edwards, the professor he had come to Michigan to study under?

10. In Chapter 3, what general approach did Tverksy take to social science during his years in Michigan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the concept of anchoring as explained by Kahneman and Tversky, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What role did the Israeli military play in both Tversky's and Kahneman's lives? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What role does regret play in the decision-making process, and why did Kahneman in particular believe it was such a powerful emotion? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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