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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 did Redelmeier grow up?
2. What book did Richard Thaler's father ask him to copy lines from when he was a child?
3. Which of the following was a problem for Kahneman and Tversky in their investigations of biases and heuristics?
4. In Oregon, where did Tversky and Kahneman find an office to work together in?
5. What problem was Redelmeier most concerned about in hospitals?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 9, what is one practical change Kahneman suggested to the Israeli army based on the garbage he saw on the side of the road?
2. In 1973, why did Kahneman and Tversky rush home to Israel from the United States?
3. In Chapter 8, what is one reason Redelmeier suspected Tversky seemed to have so much time to work with him on ideas and papers?
4. In Chapter 6, what was a main feature of the way that Kahneman and Tversky worked together?
5. In Chapter 6, how does Lewis describe heuristics?
6. In Chapter 6, what did Lew Goldberg's experiments into decision-making in medicine reveal?
7. In Chapter 9, what was one event that made Kahneman lose faith in his and Tversky's research to change minds at a high level?
8. In Chapter 9, how does Lewis describe Kahneman's and Tversky's relationship?
9. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Khaneman uncover about a main motivating factor in the decision-making process?
10. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Kahneman find out about soldiers' motivations for fighting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does regret play in the decision-making process, and why did Kahneman in particular believe it was such a powerful emotion? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 10, why do both Kahneman and Tversky move to America at the same time? How do their Israeli colleagues and friends react? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Kahneman once said "No one ever made a decision because of a number They need a story" (250). Write an essay explaining what you think he meant by this statement, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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