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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs when people consider a particular value for an unknown quantity before estimating that quantity?
(a) An anchoring effect.
(b) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(c) Ego depletion.
(d) Artifacts.

2. What book did Abert Michotte write in 1945?
(a) The Moses Illusion.
(b) Introduction to the Mind and Morals.
(c) The Perception of Causality.
(d) Introduction to Cognitive Pupillometry.

3. Who is the author of Clinical vs. Statistical Prediction: A Theoretical Analysis and a Review of the Evidence?
(a) Malcolm Gladwell.
(b) Jerry I. Porras.
(c) Paul Meehl.
(d) Baruch Fischhoff.

4. In utility theory, the utilty of a gain is assessed by comparing what?
(a) The axioms invested in the states of wealth.
(b) The heuristics of the subject.
(c) The utilities of two states of wealth.
(d) The base rates of the subject.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to bond prices on the day of Saddam Hussein's capture in Iraq?

2. The author describes a study conducted before President Nixon visited China and Russia. When was this?

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

4. The author presents several examples in Chapter 26 that demonstrate that there is no loss aversion in what kinds of interactions?

5. Who wrote the article "The Robust Beauty of Improper Linear Models in Decision Making"?

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