1. What example is presented in the opening of Chapter 1 to demonstrate slow thinking?
(a) A multiplication problem.
(b) A picture of an angry woman.
(c) A compound sentence.
(d) A picture of a stream.

2. The author asserts that conflict between an automatic reaction and what is common in our lives?
(a) The intention to control it.
(b) The intention to follow that reaction.
(c) The intention to accept the reaction.
(d) The intention to analyze the reaction.

3. What statistician illustrated the ease with which people see patterns where none exist?
(a) Eckhard Hess.
(b) William Feller.
(c) Christopher Chabris.
(d) Larry Jacoby.

4. In the experiment conducted at the University of Michigan by Richard Nisbett, how many of the 15 participants responded immediately to the stooge's plea for help?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

5. Who created a study article called "Becoming Famous Overnight"?
(a) Eckhard Hess.
(b) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(c) Larry Jacoby.
(d) Jackson Beatty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Given the following information, what percentage of respondents answered Mr. Brown? "Mr. Brown almost never picks up hitchhikers. Yesterday he gave a man a ride and was robbed" and "Mr. Smith frequently picks up hitchhikers. Yesterday he gave a man a ride and was robbed" (666)?

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the state of being out of keeping with the norm or inconsistent?

3. What does the author claim the main function of System 1 is in Chapter 6?

4. What book did Abert Michotte write in 1945?

5. What color are the cabs in the statistics problem presented by the author to examine statistical base rates and causal base rates?

(see the answer key)

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