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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?
(a) Larry Jacoby.
(b) Shane Frederick.
(c) Danny Oppenheimer.
(d) Daniel Gilbert.

2. How many of the participants in Nisbett's experiment at the Univerity of Michigan never got out of their booth when the stooge pleaded for help?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 13.
(d) 2.

3. What does the author claim newspaper headlines do?
(a) Inform of facts.
(b) Garnish attention from actual news.
(c) Entertain and enlighten.
(d) Satisfy the need for coherence.

4. In the statistics presented by the author in the opening of Chapter 10, he states that instances of what disease are less prevalent in rural, sparsely populated counties largely in the Midwest, South, and the West?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Uterine cancer.
(d) Kidney cancer.

5. In discussing vacations, the author presents the assertion that resorts offer what?
(a) Restorative relaxation.
(b) Theory-induced blindness.
(c) Executive control.
(d) An anchoring effect.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, the author posits that the main motivators of money-seeking individuals (aside for the very poor) are what?

2. The author notes that stereotyping is a negative word in our society. How does the author apply the word in his usage?

3. What image is presented in the opening of Chapter 1 to demonstrate in the reader thinking in automatic mode?

4. The author points out in Chapter 31 that professional golfers putt more successfully when doing what?

5. What is the title of the first joint article written by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky?

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