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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how did Tversky and Kahneman classify the relationship between prediction and judgment?
(a) A prediction is a judgment that involves uncertainty.
(b) A judgment is more important than a prediction.
(c) A prediction always comes after a judgment.
(d) Uncertainty is a necessary precursor for both prediction and judgment.

2. Who was the engineer for the World Trade Center project?
(a) Thomas Colhard.
(b) Marcus Samuelson.
(c) Les Robertson.
(d) Rachel Adams.

3. Where did Redelmeier grow up?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Beijing.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Toronto.

4. In Chapter 9, what did Kahneman say people needed in order to make a decision rather than a number?
(a) A story.
(b) A conscience.
(c) A soul.
(d) A heart.

5. What did Tversky and Kahneman spend the academic year 1970 - 71 doing?
(a) Gathering grant money.
(b) Writing separate books.
(c) Collecting data.
(d) Researching questionnaire methods.

6. What was Barbara Tversky doing when the war broke out in Israel in 1973?
(a) She was on the way to the emergency room with her eldest son.
(b) She was teaching a class.
(c) She was in the U.S. visiting family.
(d) She was cooking in a restaurant.

7. In Oregon, where did Tversky and Kahneman find an office to work together in?
(a) A former Unitarian church.
(b) A former butcher shop.
(c) A former florist shop.
(d) A former post office.

8. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?
(a) They did not have the physical stamina to complete their research.
(b) They did not have the intellectual tools to understand what they were finding.
(c) They did not have the time to complete their research.
(d) They did not have the funding to complete their research.

9. Who was the original owner of the World Trade Center?
(a) New Jersey Airport.
(b) Newark Transport Authority.
(c) New York Port Authority.
(d) Pennsylvania Transport Authority.

10. What type of structure did researchers build to try to simulate the swaying at the top of the new World Trade Center?
(a) A mechanical bull.
(b) A sway room.
(c) A caster room.
(d) A wind tunnel.

11. What did Tversky like to call good ideas?
(a) Brownies.
(b) Bonbons.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Gold nuggets.

12. To whom did Tversky write to explain his reasoning for staying in the United States?
(a) Marcus Samuel.
(b) Mitchell Rodeon.
(c) Gidon Czapski.
(d) Robert Scheinbaum.

13. What subject was Kahneman running experiments on in his Berkeley lab by the time he met Redelmeier?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Regret.
(d) Financial Hardship.

14. What did Redelmeier struggle with as a child?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Eczema.
(c) Polio.
(d) A speech impediment.

15. What did Redelmeier think was odd, in hindsight, about his relationships with Tversky and Kahneman?
(a) How each man did his best work while playing basketball and discussing their ideas at the same time.
(b) How little he knew about each man's life.
(c) How strange it was that neither man had invited him to travel to Israel.
(d) How little he knew about each man's educational background.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tversky like to do in the summer of 1970 as he talked through some ideas with friends?

2. What was the prevailing theory of decision-making called when Tversky and Kahneman began researching it?

3. What did Redelmeier's experiment measuring the so-called "peak-end rule" involve?

4. What was the compound involved in seeding hurricanes?

5. What did Kahneman determine was the real reason for the change in pilots' performance after praise or criticism?

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