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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of medicine deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other health factors?
(a) Epidemiology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Psychology.

2. The average effort of System 2 is repeatedly compared with what?
(a) A crawl.
(b) A sprint.
(c) A race.
(d) A stroll.

3. 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) Jennifer.
(b) Jane.
(c) Anne.
(d) Kim.

4. Who is the author's Princeton colleage that wrote "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly"?
(a) Shane Frederick.
(b) Larry Jacoby.
(c) Daniel Gilbert.
(d) Danny Oppenheimer.

5. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which individual is described as recently completing her graduate work?
(a) Anne.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods?

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

3. What word is used to describe when people fail to apply a logical rule that is obviously relevant?

4. According to the author, the dynamics of what help explain the recurrent cycles of disaster, concern, and complacency that are familiar to students of large-scale emergencies?

5. Who is described as the editor for the online magazine Edge that asked scientists to report their favorite equation?

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