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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 late 1960s, what did Kahneman help the Israeli army to do?

2. What does Morey realize was one of his big mistakes with the unsuccessful player his model chose in 2008?

3. In Chapter 5, how did Kahneman react to Tversky's lecture about Bayesian Theory?

4. Where was Kahneman's father imprisoned in 1941?

5. What company did Kahneman's father work for in the early 1940s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event did Amos Tversky participate in in the late 1960s that drew him back into armed conflict?

2. In Chapter 2, what revolutionary work did Kahneman do for the Israeli army at a very young age?

3. In Chapter 4, how did Barbara Tversky adjust to life in Israel?

4. Who were some of Tversky's first subjects during his early experiments on decision-making?

5. In Chapter 2, what did Kahneman's father tell him the night before he died?

6. In Chapter 3, what was Amnon Rapoport's first impression of Amos Tversky?

7. In Chapter 2, what did Shimon Shamir recall about Kahneman from their school days?

8. In Chapter 3, what general approach did Tverksy take to social science during his years in Michigan?

9. What did Daryl Morey think was the best path to being able to pick draft players for an NBA team?

10. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kahneman and Tversky both often told interviewers and others that they found it impossible to separate and distinguish which of the ideas in their collaborative works originated with whom. What change in their working circumstances and relationship led to a clearer distinction about whose ideas were whose? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

How does Lewis explain the phenomenon of others in the fields of psychology and economics trying particularly hard not only to refute Kahneman's and Tversky's work, but to almost humiliate the two men in the process? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

How - and when - did Kahneman lose faith in the ability of the rest of the world to accept his and Tversky's work on decision-making and judgement? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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