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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who introduced the word "flow" to describe the state of effortless attending?
(a) Nassim Taleb.
(b) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(c) William Feller.
(d) Larry Jacoby.

2. What is a reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods?
(a) Looking to the left.
(b) Nodding.
(c) Frequent repetition.
(d) Standing boldly with arms crossed.

3. What is described as the currency consumed by the nervous system above all others, and which serves as a currency for effortful mental activity?
(a) Glucose.
(b) Vitamin B.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Testosterone.

4. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the state of being out of keeping with the norm or inconsistent?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Incongruity.
(c) Articluation.
(d) Depletion.

5. Where was Albert Michotte from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author demonstrates enlisting cognitive ease when writing, he gives two statements about Adolf Hitler. Which of these statements APPEARED to be the most legitimate?

2. What term is used to describe the adoption and termination of task sets by psychologists?

3. According to the author, the dynamics of what help explain the recurrent cycles of disaster, concern, and complacency that are familiar to students of large-scale emergencies?

4. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?

5. When did Kahneman publish Attention and Effort?

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