View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amos Tversky, Tom Gilovich, and Robert Vallone conducted a study of misperceptions and randomness in what sport?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Football.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Basketball.

2. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?
(a) A minor character that knows it is a minor character.
(b) A leading role while thinking he is a background character.
(c) A diva and backstabber.
(d) A supporting character that believes he is the hero.

3. Whom from the University of Chicago asked people to price sets of dinnerware in order to examine joint evaluation?
(a) Max Bazerman.
(b) Gary Klein.
(c) John List.
(d) Christopher Hese.

4. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which choice is favored by intuition?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jane.
(c) Kim.
(d) Anne.

5. Who wrote the book Sources of Power?
(a) John List.
(b) Max Bazerman.
(c) Christopher Hsee.
(d) Gary Klein.

6. 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) Jane.
(b) Kim.
(c) Anne.
(d) Jennifer.

7. What happened to bond prices on the day of Saddam Hussein's capture in Iraq?
(a) They stayed the same.
(b) They initially rose.
(c) They initially dropped.
(d) The drastically dropped.

8. What comparison does the author make between six-year-old boys and six-year-old girls in Chapter 10?
(a) Their skills at geometry.
(b) Their average vocabulary.
(c) Their mathematical skills.
(d) Their kind behavior.

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

10. According to the author, what is determined by the coherence of the best story you can tell by the evidence at hand?
(a) Axioms.
(b) Ego depletion.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Executive control.

11. What did the fictional Linda major in?
(a) Biology.
(b) Economics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

12. What term is used to describe the adoption and termination of task sets by psychologists?
(a) Subconscious control.
(b) Active control.
(c) Cognitive Pupillometry.
(d) Executive control.

13. What statistician illustrated the ease with which people see patterns where none exist?
(a) Larry Jacoby.
(b) Christopher Chabris.
(c) Eckhard Hess.
(d) William Feller.

14. Where was Albert Michotte from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

15. What is described as the currency consumed by the nervous system above all others, and which serves as a currency for effortful mental activity?
(a) Estrogen.
(b) Vitamin B.
(c) Glucose.
(d) Testosterone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychologist described the pupil of the eye as a window to the soul in Scientific American?

2. When did the Yom Kippur War break out?

3. Who introduced the word "flow" to describe the state of effortless attending?

4. What book did Abert Michotte write in 1945?

5. Who wrote Strumbling to Happiness?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 460 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample