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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the Nobel Prize-winning economist that proposed a theory where utility are attached to changes of wealth rather than to states of wealth?
(a) Bruno Frey.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Richard Thaler.
(d) Harry Markowitz.
2. Who was Richard Nisbett's student who assisted in conducting an experiment at the University of Michigan that the author cites in Chapter 15?
(a) Christopher Hsee.
(b) John List.
(c) Eugene Borgida.
(d) Gary Klein.
3. Who is described as the editor for the online magazine Edge that asked scientists to report their favorite equation?
(a) Christopher Hsee.
(b) John Brockman.
(c) Gary Klein.
(d) John List.
4. What illusion does the author demonstrate by presenting lines that appear to be different sizes but are in fact the same?
(a) The illusion of Narrative Fallacy.
(b) The Executive Control illusion.
(c) The Anchoring illusion.
(d) The Muller-Lyer illusion.
5. In one example provided by the author in Chapter 31, he establishes two sports fans going to a game while facing a blizzard. One bought his ticket and the other one got his for free from a friend. The author asserts that the fan who paid is more likely to drive. What provides the explanation for this assertion?
(a) An anchoring effect.
(b) The availability cascade.
(c) Narrative fallacy.
(d) Mental accounting.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many bus bombings occurred in Israel between December 2001 and September 2004?
2. What German psychologists offered the most compelling demonstrations of the role of associative coherence in anchoring, according to the author?
3. What neighborhood within Niagara Falls, New York was the location of a 70-acre landfill that was the epicenter of a massive environmental disaster?
4. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?
5. Who is the author of The Black Swan?
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