3. In the experiment conducted at the University of Michigan by Richard Nisbett, how many of the 15 participants responded immediately to the stooge's plea for help?

4. Who used a method to test intentional causality by making a film in 1944 that involved a circle and two triangles?

5. What word is used to describe when people fail to apply a logical rule that is obviously relevant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is regression toward the mean?

2. What is demonstrated in the experiment that involved a person having a seizure?

3. 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?

4. What does the author say about stereotyping?

5. What is prospect theory?

6. What is Bayesian inference?

7. What was involved in the Invisible Gorilla experiment? What did it demonstrate?

8. How is conjunction fallacy defined?

9. How does the author describe illusions of remembering?

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

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

What is the priming effect? What are different manifestations of the priming effect? Give examples from the text and from your own experience that demonstrate priming effects.

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