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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes that stereotyping is a negative word in our society. How does the author apply the word in his usage?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Caustic.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Positive.

2. Who is the finance professor at U.C. Berkeley who created a study wherein he examined the trading records of 10,000 brokerage accounts of individual investors over a seven-year period?
(a) Baruch Fischhoff.
(b) Jim Collins.
(c) Malcolm Gladwell.
(d) Terry Odean.

3. What region of the brain is substantially more developed in humans than other primates and is involved in operations associated with intelligence?
(a) The cerebellum.
(b) The prefrontal area.
(c) The brainstem.
(d) The occipital lobe.

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

5. Who was the founder of psychophysics?
(a) Gustav Fechner.
(b) Bruno Frey.
(c) John Gottman.
(d) Richard Thaler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe seeing on a drive from New York to Princeton that surprised him and his wife in Chapter 6?

2. According to the author, people who are what are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations?

3. What does the acronym WYSIATI stand for?

4. What color are the cabs in the statistics problem presented by the author to examine statistical base rates and causal base rates?

5. What do causal base rates do?

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