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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cognitive strain is defined by the author as being affected by both the current level of effort and what?
(a) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(b) The probability of future expectations.
(c) Levels of intelligence.
(d) The presence of unmet demands.

2. The author presents a sentence describing Jane losing her wallet in New York in Chapter 6. What word stood out the most for subjects given a recall test about the sentence?
(a) Lost.
(b) Pickpocket.
(c) Prevalent.
(d) City.

3. According to the author, people who are what are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations?
(a) Considery axioms.
(b) Cognitively busy.
(c) Following fallacies.
(d) Emotionally active.

4. The author gives an example in Chapter 10 wherein a large urn is filled with equal numbers of red and white marbles. A person takes four marbles from the urn, counts them, and returns them. The author asserts that the outcome of "two red and two white" marbles is how many times higher than the outcome of four red, or four white marbles?
(a) Two times more often.
(b) Three times more often.
(c) Nine times more often.
(d) Six times more often.

5. In the conclusion of the study of availability bias conducted by Paul Slovic, Sarah Lichtenstein, and Baruch Fischoff, they deduced that estimates of causes of death are warped by what?
(a) The economy.
(b) Direct knowledge.
(c) Family history of illness.
(d) Media coverage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the study of pupils in relation to the mind?

2. Who is the author's Princeton colleage that wrote "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly"?

3. Where was Albert Michotte from?

4. What is described as the currency consumed by the nervous system above all others, and which serves as a currency for effortful mental activity?

5. When did Kahneman publish Attention and Effort?

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