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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychologist described the pupil of the eye as a window to the soul in Scientific American?
(a) Larry Jacoby.
(b) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(c) Eckhard Hess.
(d) Nassim Taleb.

2. In the presentation of the "character" of Tom W. in Chapter 14, what is the subject of the experiment asked to rate?
(a) What Tom's major is in college.
(b) How old Tom is.
(c) At what age Tom gets married.
(d) What job Tom has.

3. 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) Estrogen.
(d) Vitamin B.

4. Where was Albert Michotte from?
(a) France.
(b) Norway.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Belgium.

5. Who wrote The Invisible Gorilla?
(a) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(b) Larry Jacoby.
(c) Nassim Taleb.
(d) Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amos Tversky, Tom Gilovich, and Robert Vallone conducted a study of misperceptions and randomness in what sport?

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?

3. Who is the author of The Black Swan?

4. What occurs when people consider a particular value for an unknown quantity before estimating that quantity?

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

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