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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. What does the acronym WYSIATI stand for?

2. What German psychologists offered the most compelling demonstrations of the role of associative coherence in anchoring, according to the author?

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

4. What is System 2 in charge of in terms of behavior?

5. What word is used to describe when people fail to apply a logical rule that is obviously relevant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kahneman's professor of psychotherapy instruct his students to turn away a patient who described having been failed by therapists before him? What concept does this example demonstrate?

2. What is the mere-exposure effect?

3. Describe the Muller-Lyer illusion. What does it demonstrate?

4. What is demonstrated in the experiment that involved a person having a seizure?

5. What is a heuristic?

6. What is anchoring?

7. What does the Linda problem prove?

8. What is priming and how does it relate to anchoring?

9. What scene does the author present in order to demonstrate "norm theory" in the text?

10. How is mood related to cognitive ease and cognitive strain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is prospect theory? What are the principles of prospect theory? How does the model of prospect theory differ from normative models?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Cognitive Reflection Test. Who constructed the test? What does "cognitive reflection" refer to? What are the author's conclusions regarding the test?

Essay Topic 3

What proposition did Daniel Gilbert present in “How Mental Systems Believe”? How are belief and unbelief defined? How should one assess a decision based on Gilbert's conclusions?

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