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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 are the authors of Built to Last?
(a) Baruch Fischhoff and Gary Klein.
(b) Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.
(c) Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras.
(d) Keith Stanovich and Richard West.
2. Who wrote the book Sources of Power?
(a) Gary Klein.
(b) John List.
(c) Christopher Hsee.
(d) Max Bazerman.
3. What experimental economist conducted an experiment by auctioning sets of ten high-value cards, and identical sets to which three cards of modest value were added?
(a) Max Bazerman.
(b) Gary Klein.
(c) Christopher Hsee.
(d) John List.
4. What German psychologists offered the most compelling demonstrations of the role of associative coherence in anchoring, according to the author?
(a) William Feller.
(b) Thomas Mussweiler and Fritz Strack.
(c) Larry Jacoby.
(d) Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.
5. The author describes a study conducted before President Nixon visited China and Russia. When was this?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1972.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author offers a scenario in which a subject purchases a $200 concert ticket to see their favorite band. They find that others are offering $3,000 for the ticket, but they do not sell it. What is this an example of?
2. 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?
3. In discussing vacations, the author presents the assertion that tourism is about what?
4. In assessing the stock market, the author asserts that skill in evaluating the business prospects of a firm is not sufficient for stock trading. Traders often lack the skill to answer what crucial question?
5. The author notes in Chapter 30 that what "is similar to the psychology of terrorism" (619)?
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