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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 is the title of the first joint article written by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky?
(a) "Belief in the Law of Small Numbers."
(b) "Probability and Theory."
(c) "Introduction to the Mind and Morals."
(d) "The Perception of Causality."

2. What happened to bond prices on the day of Saddam Hussein's capture in Iraq?
(a) They initially rose.
(b) They stayed the same.
(c) They initially dropped.
(d) The drastically dropped.

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

4. What image is presented in the opening of Chapter 1 to demonstrate in the reader thinking in automatic mode?
(a) A smiling woman.
(b) An angry woman.
(c) A beach.
(d) A smiling man.

5. The author provides an excerpt related to "norm theory" that comes from an essay he had written with what psychologist?
(a) Danny Oppenheimer.
(b) Dale Miller.
(c) Daniel Gilbert.
(d) Shane Frederick.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Yom Kippur War break out?

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

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

4. What German psychologists offered the most compelling demonstrations of the role of associative coherence in anchoring, according to the author?

5. Who created a study article called "Becoming Famous Overnight"?

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