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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. Which psychologist's work prompted Tversky to travel to Michigan to study?

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

3. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?

4. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?

5. Which institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, how did Barbara Tversky adjust to life in Israel?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 3, what was the first flight Tversky took during which he landed?

7. Why did Morey ban the giving out of nicknames at the Houston Rockets?

8. In Chapter 2, what revolutionary work did Kahneman do for the Israeli army at a very young age?

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

10. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the concept of regression to the mean so important, and often so deeply misunderstood, in the field of behavioral psychology/economics? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, why do both Kahneman and Tversky move to America at the same time? How do their Israeli colleagues and friends react? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Kahneman once said "No one ever made a decision because of a number They need a story" (250). Write an essay explaining what you think he meant by this statement, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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