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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first joint article written by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky?
(a) "The Perception of Causality."
(b) "Introduction to the Mind and Morals."
(c) "Probability and Theory."
(d) "Belief in the Law of Small Numbers."

2. What book did Abert Michotte write in 1945?
(a) Introduction to Cognitive Pupillometry.
(b) The Moses Illusion.
(c) Introduction to the Mind and Morals.
(d) The Perception of Causality.

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

4. According to the author, the dynamics of what help explain the recurrent cycles of disaster, concern, and complacency that are familiar to students of large-scale emergencies?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Causality.
(c) Memory.
(d) Prediction.

5. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the state of being out of keeping with the norm or inconsistent?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Incongruity.
(c) Depletion.
(d) Articluation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes a phenomenon discovered by Roy Baumeister's team wherein an effort of will is tiring, and if you have to force yourself to do something, you are less able to exert self-control when the next challenge appears. What is this phenomenon named?

2. 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?

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

4. What region of the brain is substantially more developed in humans than other primates and is involved in operations associated with intelligence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kahneman's professor of psychotherapy instruct his students to turn away a patient who described having been failed by therapists before him? What concept does this example demonstrate?

2. What scene does the author present in order to demonstrate "norm theory" in the text?

3. What does the author's example of a study of kidney cancer statistics in different American regions demonstrate?

4. What is regression toward the mean?

5. How does the author describe illusions of remembering?

6. What is Bayesian inference?

7. How does System 1 operate?

8. What study by psychologist Eckhard Hess inspired Kahneman's early work?

9. How does the author explore talent and luck in the book?

10. How are regression and correlation connected?

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