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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author conludes in Chapter 10 that humans pay more attention to the content of messages than to what?
(a) Information about their connection with self.
(b) Their causality.
(c) Information about their reliability.
(d) The statistics behind them.

3. In one example provided for the reader, Kahneman instructs to draw one line, 2 1/2 inches from the bottom of a sheet of paper. On a second sheet, the subject is to draw a 2 1/5 line from the top. What are his observations regarding the lines?
(a) Both lines will be equally accurate.
(b) The line from the top will be more accurate.
(c) Both lines will be divergent but correct.
(d) The line from the bottom will be more accurate.

4. Based on the law of least effort, the author concludes that what characteristic is built deep into our nature?
(a) Heroism.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Gratitude.

5. From what college did Kahneman and Tversky derive their subjects for their wheel of fortune study?
(a) The University of Oregon.
(b) Berkeley University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The University of Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region of the brain is substantially more developed in humans than other primates and is involved in operations associated with intelligence?

2. What term did Sunstein and Kuran invent for the mechanism through which biases flow into policy?

3. Who introduced the labels System 1 and System 2 as systems of the mind?

4. What does the acronym WYSIATI stand for?

5. The average effort of System 2 is repeatedly compared with what?

(see the answer key)

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