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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author describes a phenomenon discovered by Roy Baumeister's team wherein an effort of will is tiring, and if you have to force yourself to do something, you are less able to exert self-control when the next challenge appears. What is this phenomenon named?
(a) Ego depletion.
(b) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(c) An anchoring effect.
(d) The Moses Illusion.

3. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?
(a) Daniel Gilbert.
(b) Shane Frederick.
(c) Larry Jacoby.
(d) Danny Oppenheimer.

4. Who wrote Strumbling to Happiness?
(a) Daniel Gilbert.
(b) Shane Frederick.
(c) Danny Oppenheimer.
(d) Larry Jacoby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illusion is posed by the author in Chapter 6 when he asks about how many animals were brought upon the ark?

2. The author compares the conscious mind with what in Chapter 5?

3. What psychologist described the pupil of the eye as a window to the soul in Scientific American?

4. Who created a study article called "Becoming Famous Overnight"?

5. What is System 2 in charge of in terms of behavior?

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