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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 institution did Kahneman return to in 1967?
2. Which team did Morey do some consulting for when he was a young man?
3. Where did Tversky's family move to in 1950?
4. In Chapter 4, what did Kahneman say was necessary to study if one was interested in studying memory?
5. How did Tversky's classmates in Michigan remember him in his earliest days there?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, what general approach did Tverksy take to social science during his years in Michigan?
2. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003 and what was it about?
3. What was ironic about some people's perception that Daryl Morey must be a know-it-all?
4. Who were some of Tversky's first subjects during his early experiments on decision-making?
5. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?
6. In Chapter 3, what was Amnon Rapoport's first impression of Amos Tversky?
7. In Chapter 3, how did Tversky approach the idea of physical danger from the time he was a child?
8. What was Danny Kahneman particularly known for as a lecturer?
9. Why did Morey miss out on picking the very talented Jeremy Lin for the Houston Rockets team?
10. In 2007, what was the problem with the talented basketball player Sean Williams?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How does Lewis explain the relationship between classification and stereotypes, according to Tversky's and Kahneman's work? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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