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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 - 29.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The author gives an example in Chapter 10 wherein a large urn is filled with equal numbers of red and white marbles. A person takes four marbles from the urn, counts them, and returns them. The author asserts that the outcome of "two red and two white" marbles is how many times higher than the outcome of four red, or four white marbles?
(a) Nine times more often.
(b) Six times more often.
(c) Three times more often.
(d) Two times more often.
2. What well-known expert in marital relations estimated that a stable relationship requires good interactions outnumber bad interactions by at least 5 to 1?
(a) Bruno Frey.
(b) Gary Klein.
(c) Richard Thaler.
(d) John Gottman.
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) Anne.
(c) Jane.
(d) Kim.
4. Who was the founder of psychophysics?
(a) Richard Thaler.
(b) Bruno Frey.
(c) John Gottman.
(d) Gustav Fechner.
5. 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?
(a) Prevalent.
(b) Pickpocket.
(c) City.
(d) Lost.
Short Answer Questions
1. What illusion is posed by the author in Chapter 6 when he asks about how many animals were brought upon the ark?
2. Who proved mathematically that attempts to explain loss aversion by the utility of wealth are doomed to fail?
3. What statistician illustrated the ease with which people see patterns where none exist?
4. The author states in Chapter 25, "Gambles represent the fact that the consequences of choices are" what (526)?
5. When the author demonstrates enlisting cognitive ease when writing, he gives two statements about Adolf Hitler. Which of these statements APPEARED to be the most legitimate?
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