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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 Tversky travel to as the cease-fire took hold?

2. Which of the following was one of Tversky's and Kahneman's heuristics for judgement?

3. In Chapter 8, where did Donald Redelmeier work?

4. Where did Tversky spend the 1970-71 academic year?

5. What did both Tversky and Kahneman sense regarding their joint work during their year in Eugene?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what did Tversky and Khaneman uncover about a main motivating factor in the decision-making process?

2. To whom did most economists usually write - Kahneman or Tversky - and why?

3. In Chapter 7, why did Kahneman's and Tverksy's theories upset historians so much?

4. In Chapter 8, how did Tversky's and Kahneman's work influence Donald Redelmeier?

5. After the conflict in 1973, what topic did Tversky entice Kahneman to work with him on tackling?

6. In Chapter 10, what was Kenneth Arrow's one big question for Tversky when he lectured on decision-making theory?

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 8, what is one reason Redelmeier suspected Tversky seemed to have so much time to work with him on ideas and papers?

9. In Chapter 6, what surprised researchers about people's reactions to the motion in a room that simulated a swaying skyscraper?

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

Why do you think Kahneman and Tversky, at one point, switched from focusing more on their research in academia and more on trying to reform the educational system from the early childhood years? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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