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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Extreme outcomes are much more likely to be observed under what conditions?
(a) Subjective experimentation.
(b) Large samples.
(c) Median samples.
(d) Small samples.

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

3. The author asserts in Chapter 1 that anything that occupies your working memory reduces what?
(a) Your ability to think.
(b) Anchoring effects.
(c) Your emotional reactions.
(d) The availability cascade.

4. 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.

5. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which individual is described as having held a postdoctoral position for the last three years?
(a) Jane.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Anne.
(d) Kim.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the presentation of the "character" of Tom W. in Chapter 14, what is the subject of the experiment asked to rate?

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

4. What statistician illustrated the ease with which people see patterns where none exist?

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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