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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. Where was Albert Michotte from?

2. Who created the Remote Association Test to study creativity?

3. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?

4. Who coined the term "mere exposure effect"?

5. When did Kahneman publish Attention and Effort?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are regression and correlation connected?

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

3. What are the processes of System 2?

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

5. How is conjunction fallacy defined?

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

7. How does the author describe illusions of remembering?

8. Describe the Muller-Lyer illusion. What does it demonstrate?

9. What is a heuristic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the halo effect? How does the author demonstrate the halo effect through examples in the text? How would the halo effect come into place when interviewing potential employees for a position?

Essay Topic 2

What is the illusion of memory? What example does the author provide to demonstrate this illusion? What are examples of your own experiences (or fictional examples) that demonstrate this illusion?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Law of Small Numbers. What does this law state? How does the author illustrate the law? How does the law come into play when we assess statistics from scientific studies?

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