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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 illusion does the author demonstrate by presenting lines that appear to be different sizes but are in fact the same?
(a) The Executive Control illusion.
(b) The illusion of Narrative Fallacy.
(c) The Muller-Lyer illusion.
(d) The Anchoring illusion.

2. What term refers to the study of pupils in relation to the mind?
(a) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(b) The Muller-Lyer illusion.
(c) The availability cascade.
(d) Ego depletion.

3. 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) An anchoring effect.
(b) Ego depletion.
(c) The Moses Illusion.
(d) Cognitive Pupillometry.

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

5. What does the author claim newspaper headlines do?
(a) Garnish attention from actual news.
(b) Entertain and enlighten.
(c) Satisfy the need for coherence.
(d) Inform of facts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What region of the brain is substantially more developed in humans than other primates and is involved in operations associated with intelligence?

3. Based on the law of least effort, the author concludes that what characteristic is built deep into our nature?

4. 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?

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

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