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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who created a study article called "Becoming Famous Overnight"?

3. What do scientists call observations that are produced entirely by some aspect of the method of research?

4. In one example provided for the reader, Kahneman instructs to draw one line, 2 1/2 inches from the bottom of a sheet of paper. On a second sheet, the subject is to draw a 2 1/5 line from the top. What are his observations regarding the lines?

5. Cognitive strain is defined by the author as being affected by both the current level of effort and what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does System 1 operate?

2. How does the author correlate text font to illusion?

3. How is conjunction fallacy defined?

4. How does the author describe illusions of remembering?

5. What is the halo effect?

6. What are the processes of System 2?

7. Who was Amos Tversky and what were his accomplishments?

8. What does the Linda problem prove?

9. What experiment is described in the article "Mind at Ease Puts a Smile on the Face"?

10. How are believing and unbelieving described in Daniel Gilbert's essay "How Mental Systems Believe"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Cognitive Reflection Test. Who constructed the test? What does "cognitive reflection" refer to? What are the author's conclusions regarding the test?

Essay Topic 2

What proposition did Daniel Gilbert present in “How Mental Systems Believe”? How are belief and unbelief defined? How should one assess a decision based on Gilbert's conclusions?

Essay Topic 3

How are normalcy and the capacity for surprise defined and analyzed in "Assessing Normalcy"? To which system of thought does each apply? What happens when several surprises happen in succession of one another?

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