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Question
1. The desire to not cause pain can also be described as an unwillingness to have an unpleasant conversation. So instead, just withdraw. This phenomenon is referred to as...
the dishonesty of niceness.
framing.
neuristics.
2. There are psychological costs to long tem unemployment. They include a greater likelihood to experience:
depression.
relief from the rat race.
a shorter life span.
alcoholism.
3. 90 percent of college professors think that they are above average. And 90 percent of entrepreneurs think their new business will be a success. According to the book, these kinds of statistics suggest
the human mind is an overconfidence machine.
in general, most people are competent at what they do.
statistics can never capture reality.
4. Which of the following are the kind of things people tend to overestimate? (check all that apply)
ability to control unconscious tendencies.
how well they understand themselves.
what they know.
ability to understand why they are making certain decisions.
5. Research suggests that self-confidence and competence are highly correlated.
True
False
6. In her job at Intercom, Erica had her own way of looking at things. Her way emphasized...
culture.
social life.
psychology.
big data.
tested formulas.
7. The people Erica worked with at Intercom were slaves of a long philosophic tradition known as...
rationalism.
cultural relativism.
8. _______ tells the story of human history as the story of the progress of the logical, conscious mind.
Rationalism
Cultural relativism
9. From a rationalist point of view...
emotion triumps over reason.
myth replaces science.
passion triumps logic.
history is a contest between reason and passion.
10. Plato believed soul was divided into three parts. Which is not one of the three parts?
reason
spirit
appetite
intuition
11. _____ seeks truth and wants the best for the whole person.
Reason
Spirit
Appetite
Intution
12. ______ seeks recognition and glory.
Reason
Spirit
Appetite
Intution
13. The ______ supports reason.
spirit
appetite
scientific method
intuition
14. The scientific method requires a person to...
(check all that apply)
purge mind of prejudice, habit, and belief.
become dispassionate.
develop scientific language.
arrive at law-like generalization.
15. Rationalism values knowledge that can be put into words and numbers.
True
False
16. Rationalism places high value on the unconscious.
True
False
17. Rationalism assumes people are predictable.
True
False
18. A CEO, guided by rationalist thought, would do which of the following in times of crisis? (check all that apply)
cut practices that foster personal bonds (take phone number off webpage)
increase social events that foster social bonds
put people in cubicles
19. Working memory is that part of our consciousness that we are aware of at any given time of day. You're doing it right now. It's not something we can turn off. If you turn it off, that's called a
coma.
sleep.
20. Now, a central issue with working memory is that it's limited. It's limited in capacity, limited in duration, limited in focus. We tend to remember about four things. or about 10 to 20 seconds. We can remember longer unless
(check all that apply)
we do something with the information.
we apply it to something.
we talk to someone about it.
we take a nap right after learning them as sleep helps memories form.
21. To retain something, we need to process what's going on the moment it happens, not 10 minutes later, not a week later, at the moment. So we need to be engaged -- that means we think about what is going on (what we are hearing, seeing) with questions like
(check all that apply)
do I agree with that person?
what is missing?
how can I apply this to my life?
what is going on at home right now?