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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the cabs in the statistics problem presented by the author to examine statistical base rates and causal base rates?
(a) Red and green.
(b) Blue and White.
(c) Yellow and green.
(d) Green and blue.

2. The author notes that stereotyping is a negative word in our society. How does the author apply the word in his usage?
(a) Caustic.
(b) Positive.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Tragic.

3. What term did Sunstein and Kuran invent for the mechanism through which biases flow into policy?
(a) The Moses Illusion.
(b) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(c) The availability cascade.
(d) An anchoring effect.

4. The author points out in Chapter 31 that professional golfers putt more successfully when doing what?
(a) Trying to achieve a birdie while avoiding a bogey.
(b) Avoiding a bogey rather than trying to achieve a birdie.
(c) Trying to achieve a birdie while ignoring the bogey.
(d) Avoiding a birdie rather than trying to achieve a bogey.

5. How many fatalities came about as a result of bus bombings in Israel between December 2001 and September 2004?
(a) 236.
(b) 135.
(c) 366.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Richard Nisbett's student who assisted in conducting an experiment at the University of Michigan that the author cites in Chapter 15?

2. What is the title of the first joint article written by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky?

3. What part of the brain has a primary role as its threat center?

4. Cognitive strain is defined by the author as being affected by both the current level of effort and what?

5. The average effort of System 2 is repeatedly compared with what?

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