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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. How did Kahneman change the way tank drivers were trained?
2. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?
3. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?
4. Where was Richard Thaler an assistant professor in 1975?
5. What was the title of Tversky's and Kahneman's first paper to describe how people formed judgments?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Kahneman and Tversky move to the United States at the same time in Chapter 10?
2. In Chapter 9, what touched Kahneman about Tversky's advice to him about where to sleep while they were in the area of the fighting in Israel?
3. In Chapter 6, how does Lewis describe heuristics?
4. In Chapter 7, what mathematical principle did Kahneman find was responsible for pilots' performance after praise or criticism?
5. In Chapter 8, what is one reason Redelmeier suspected Tversky seemed to have so much time to work with him on ideas and papers?
6. In Chapter 6, what did Lew Goldberg's experiments into decision-making in medicine reveal?
7. After the conflict in 1973, what topic did Tversky entice Kahneman to work with him on tackling?
8. In Chapter 6, what was a main feature of the way that Kahneman and Tversky worked together?
9. In Chapter 6, what surprised researchers about people's reactions to the motion in a room that simulated a swaying skyscraper?
10. In 1973, why did Kahneman and Tversky rush home to Israel from the United States?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How - and when - did Kahneman lose faith in the ability of the rest of the world to accept his and Tversky's work on decision-making and judgement? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How did Kahneman's collaboration with Tversky change the way Kahneman worked and lived - and vice versa? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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