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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 does the author suggest when quoting sources in persuasive writing?
(a) Using sources that are celebrities.
(b) Using names that are easy to pronounce.
(c) Using sources that are from other countries.
(d) Using sources that can easily be verified.

2. What does the author claim the main function of System 1 is in Chapter 6?
(a) To maintain and update a model for one's personal world.
(b) To grasp large concepts in relation to small concepts.
(c) To calculate difficult problems such as math equations.
(d) To categorize numbers and letters and find associations between them.

3. Who introduced the labels System 1 and System 2 as systems of the mind?
(a) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(b) Keith Stanovich and Richard West.
(c) Nassim Taleb.
(d) Larry Jacoby.

4. With whom did Daniel Kahneman conduct a study on pupil dilation at the University of Michigan?
(a) Larry Jacoby.
(b) Jackson Beatty.
(c) Nassim Taleb.
(d) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

5. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?
(a) A leading role while thinking he is a background character.
(b) A diva and backstabber.
(c) A supporting character that believes he is the hero.
(d) A minor character that knows it is a minor character.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the author describe seeing on a drive from New York to Princeton that surprised him and his wife in Chapter 6?

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

4. 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?

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

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