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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used a method to test intentional causality by making a film in 1944 that involved a circle and two triangles?
(a) Daniel Gilbert.
(b) Danny Oppenheimer.
(c) Fritz Heider and Mary-Ann Simmel.
(d) Shane Frederick.

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

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

4. Who coined the term "mere exposure effect"?
(a) Danny Oppenheimer.
(b) Daniel Gilbert.
(c) Shane Frederick.
(d) Robert Zajonc.

5. In the aphorisms presented by the author in Chapter 5, what aphorisms were judged to be more insightful to study participants?
(a) The ones that are memorable.
(b) The ones that do not rhyme.
(c) The ones that use large words.
(d) The ones that rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Remote Association Test to study creativity?

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?

3. What do we lose touch with when we are uncomfortable or unhappy?

4. What example is presented in the opening of Chapter 1 to demonstrate slow thinking?

5. The author asserts that conflict between an automatic reaction and what is common in our lives?

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