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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim the main function of System 1 is in Chapter 6?
(a) To grasp large concepts in relation to small concepts.
(b) To categorize numbers and letters and find associations between them.
(c) To calculate difficult problems such as math equations.
(d) To maintain and update a model for one's personal world.

2. What word from Chapter 6 refers to the state of being out of keeping with the norm or inconsistent?
(a) Incongruity.
(b) Recognition.
(c) Articluation.
(d) Depletion.

3. Who created the Cognitive Reflection Test that involves the bat-and-ball problem along with two others?
(a) Shane Frederick.
(b) Danny Oppenheimer.
(c) Daniel Gilbert.
(d) Larry Jacoby.

4. What psychologist described the pupil of the eye as a window to the soul in Scientific American?
(a) Eckhard Hess.
(b) Larry Jacoby.
(c) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
(d) Nassim Taleb.

5. According to the author, people who are what are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations?
(a) Emotionally active.
(b) Following fallacies.
(c) Cognitively busy.
(d) Considery axioms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on the law of least effort, the author concludes that what characteristic is built deep into our nature?

2. What happened to bond prices on the day of Saddam Hussein's capture in Iraq?

3. Who introduced the word "flow" to describe the state of effortless attending?

4. The operations of System 2 have one feature in common. What is this feature?

5. What are the subjects in the gorilla study instructed to count in the short film?

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