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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose experiment demonstrating a noncausal base rate when describing a group of students attending Yale?
(a) John List.
(b) Christopher Hsee.
(c) Icek Ajzen.
(d) Gary Klein.

2. The author notes that stereotyping is a negative word in our society. How does the author apply the word in his usage?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Caustic.
(d) Positive.

3. Extreme outcomes are much more likely to be observed under what conditions?
(a) Large samples.
(b) Small samples.
(c) Subjective experimentation.
(d) Median samples.

4. How many fatalities came about as a result of bus bombings in Israel between December 2001 and September 2004?
(a) 135.
(b) 366.
(c) 236.
(d) 23.

5. Given the following information, what percentage of respondents answered Mr. Brown? "Mr. Brown almost never picks up hitchhikers. Yesterday he gave a man a ride and was robbed" and "Mr. Smith frequently picks up hitchhikers. Yesterday he gave a man a ride and was robbed" (666)?
(a) 88%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 45%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the decision construction of broad framing defined by the author?

2. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?

3. Where did Kahneman and Tversky present their Linda study to doctoral students in the decision-science program?

4. The author states in the opening of Chapter 29, "Whenever you form a global evaluation of a complex object--a car you may buy, your son-in-law, or an uncertain situation--you" do what (600)?

5. What comparison does the author make between six-year-old boys and six-year-old girls in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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