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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 Chapter 4, who did Tversky marry in the United States?
2. What role did Tversky have when he first joined the Israeli army?
3. Who was Kahneman's first real friend?
4. What could often be heard from behind the closed door of the room Tversky and Kahneman worked in?
5. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, what general approach did Tverksy take to social science during his years in Michigan?
2. In Chapter 2, how did Kahneman feel about each of his parents?
3. In Chapter 3, for what action did Tversky receive the Israeli army's highest honor?
4. Which book did Lewis publish in 2003 and what was it about?
5. What event did Amos Tversky participate in in the late 1960s that drew him back into armed conflict?
6. In Chapter 3, what was Amnon Rapoport's first impression of Amos Tversky?
7. What did Daryl Morey think was the best path to being able to pick draft players for an NBA team?
8. In Chapter 2, what revolutionary work did Kahneman do for the Israeli army at a very young age?
9. What was ironic about some people's perception that Daryl Morey must be a know-it-all?
10. Why did Morey ban the giving out of nicknames at the Houston Rockets?
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
What did Kahneman's and Tversky's work reveal about the role of stereotypes in judgement and decision-making? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 7, why is Kahneman's and Tversky's work on uncertainty so upsetting to some historians who came to hear Tversky's lectures? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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