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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. What aspect of the mind answers the question: "Does it hurt now" (734)?

2. In the author's description of the cold-pressor experiment, how many cold-hand trials were the participants told they would experience?

3. In discussing vacations, the author presents the assertion that tourism is about what?

4. How many pairs of competing companies are analyzed in Built to Last?

5. In what branch of the military did the author complete service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a framing effect?

2. How did Nassim Taleb define the term narrative fallacy in The Black Swan?

3. Why does Kahneman cite the book Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? Who wrote this book?

4. What is broad framing? What is narrow framing?

5. Wht is duration neglect?

6. How does the author suggest a person should go about hiring a sales representative for his firm using algorhythms?

7. What evidence was presented by Ed Diener and his team when examining vacations?

8. What is hindsight bias?

9. What is the initial gamble that Paul Samuelson famously asked a friend?

10. Why does the author credit Virginia Apgar with saving the lives of many infants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conclusions of Paul Slovic in regards to decision making, availability, and risk. How does Slovic consider most people to be in terms of how they are guided in decision making? Does the author agree or disagree with Slovic's conclusion? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are frames? What are the different types of frames? How do frames affect decision making? Provide examples of frames from the text and/or from your own experiences.

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