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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. What did the Israeli army mistakenly think was the result of superiors praising pilots?
2. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman briefly focus on once they despaired of changing adult minds about decision-making mistakes?
3. Who served as the middleman in the negotiations between Israel and Syria in 1974?
4. Who was in charge of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that asked Kahneman for help in 1974?
5. What did Tversky and Kahneman eventually title their work about decision-making?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what was Kenneth Arrow's one big question for Tversky when he lectured on decision-making theory?
2. In Chapter 9, what does Kahneman identify as a central component of the experience of misery?
3. In Chapter 8, what was Redelmeier's impression about the differences between working with Kahneman and Tversky?
4. In Chapter 11, what did Kahneman tell Miles Shore about one of his biggest difficulties with Tversky?
5. In Chapter 8, what did Kahneman predict about people's predictions about their own happiness?
6. In Chapter 9, how does Lewis describe Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship?
7. In Chapter 6, how did Kahneman say Tversky helped streamline his own thinking during the early years they worked together?
8. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman find out about soldiers' motivations for fighting?
9. After the conflict in 1973, what topic did Tversky entice Kahneman to work with him on tackling?
10. In Chapter 8, how did Tversky's and Kahneman's work influence Donald Redelmeier?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing the meaning behind this book's title. What does "undoing" refer to?
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
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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