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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 System 2 in charge of in terms of behavior?
(a) Self-control.
(b) Impulse.
(c) Deception.
(d) Emotion.

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

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

4. The author compares the conscious mind with what in Chapter 5?
(a) A cockpit.
(b) A ship's hull.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A ship's mast.

5. What is described as the currency consumed by the nervous system above all others, and which serves as a currency for effortful mental activity?
(a) Testosterone.
(b) Glucose.
(c) Vitamin B.
(d) Estrogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illusion does the author demonstrate by presenting lines that appear to be different sizes but are in fact the same?

2. Where was Albert Michotte from?

3. Who introduced the word "flow" to describe the state of effortless attending?

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

5. 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?

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