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"modality": "text", "value": "The explosion of credit cards and subprime debt after 1980 used by the middle class to maintain the illusion of luxury lifestyle parity." }, "uid": "1raep2c1xmd9g0" }, { "id": "item-pom-173", "shape": "mcqShort", "source": { "label": "Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money, Chapter 20" }, "tags": [ "housel-mortgage", "confessions", "peace-of-mind" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Why did Morgan Housel pay off his 30-year fixed-rate mortgage completely despite low interest rates?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Local municipal property statutes legally mandated 100% equity ownership", "short": "Forced by municipal zoning bylaw" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Choosing psychological peace of mind and independence over theoretical yield spreads", "short": "Psychological peace over mathema" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Forecasting an immediate hyperinflationary collapse of domestic mortgage banking under prevailing 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The statistical annual baseline probability of an American high school student dying in a mountaineering accident.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"One-in-a-Million Mountaineering Risk\", not \"The Kent Evans Asymmetry\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-025", "uid": "3qimts5n7ogk" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-027", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "benjamin-graham", "margin-of-safety", "risk-control" ], "statement": "Graham's Room for Error: The foundational investing principle that leaving room for error is the only reliable defense against uncontrollable external risks.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"Graham's Margin of Safety\", not \"Graham's Room for Error\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-027", "uid": "jfvlwiiob0s2" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-032", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "bernie-madoff", "ponzi-scheme", "hubris" ], "statement": "The Fuscone Trap: The destructive pride that drove an 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"isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Milankovitch Ice Age Analogy\", not \"One-in-a-Million Mountaineering Risk\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-050", "uid": "1y5k4g6bna5xe" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-059", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "buffett-edge", "early-start", "duration" ], "statement": "The 10-Year-Old Investor Advantage: Buffett's decision to begin investing at age 10, providing eight consecutive decades of compound interest runway.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The 10-Year-Old Investor Advantage\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-059", "uid": "1f4oh3qavai1e" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-064", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "zero-multiplier", "solvency", "math" ], "statement": "The 0% Multiplier: The mathematical reality that no matter how high returns are in years 1-20, multiplying by zero in year 21 eliminates all accumulated wealth.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The 0% Multiplier\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-064", "uid": "n4jrflh55pdr" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-065", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "barbell-personality", "mindset", "balance" ], "statement": "Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery: The duality of being aggressively optimistic about long-term economic growth while remaining intensely paranoid about short-term solvency.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Barbell Personality\", not \"Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-065", "uid": "qux1bo1swwvh0" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-067", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "germansky", "1929-crash", "leverage-ruin" ], "statement": "The End of History Illusion: The tragedy of real estate developer Abraham Germansky, who lost everything in the 1929 crash, walked out of his home, and vanished.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Germansky Disappearance\", not \"The End of History 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"tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-083", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "disney-snow-white", "tail-event", "studio-empire" ], "statement": "The Autonomy Dividing Line: The 1937 animated film that grossed $8 million in six months, rescuing Walt Disney from debt and funding his global studio empire.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Disney Snow White Tail\", not \"The Autonomy Dividing Line\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-083", "uid": "f3fwdtb6lo5v" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-089", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "snow-white-gross", "box-office", "depression" ], "statement": "Graham's Room for Error: The $8 million box office gross of Snow White during the Great Depression that transformed Walt Disney Productions into an entertainment powerhouse.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The 1937 Snow White Rescue\", not \"Graham's Room for Error\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-089", "uid": "ar3dlqfmob8i" }, { "id": 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"trueFalse", "tags": [ "wealth-vs-wage-dependency", "autonomy", "dividing-line" ], "statement": "The Pivot Cushion: The true dividing line of wealth: owning your time versus letting an employer's demands dictate every waking hour of your life.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Autonomy Dividing Line\", not \"The Pivot Cushion\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-104", "uid": "19xpdxo1lvi8ro" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-108", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "authentic-respect", "virtues", "character" ], "statement": "The 1903 Wright Flight Silence: The reality that authentic admiration cannot be bought with luxury goods; it is earned through kindness, humility, and empathy.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"Unpurchasable Respect\", not \"The 1903 Wright Flight Silence\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-108", "uid": "hgcbgcnq9pg" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-115", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "diet-analogy", "fitness", "frugality" ], "statement": "One-in-a-Million Mountaineering Risk: Spending money to get rich is like eating thousands of calories to lose weight; true wealth requires the dietary restraint of unspent savings.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Financial Diet Analogy\", not \"One-in-a-Million Mountaineering Risk\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-115", "uid": "1afvvq9yo0whj" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-123", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "ego-income-gap", "savings-definition", "housel-formula" ], "statement": "The Ego-Income Gap: Housel's definition of savings rate: the gap between your income and your ego's demand for status consumption.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The Ego-Income Gap\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-123", "uid": "z7cp6fesmeop" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-130", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "wagner-jauregg", "fever-therapy", "nobel-prize" ], "statement": "Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery: The 1927 Nobel Prize-winning medicine breakthrough proving that a painful biological fever is a natural mechanism that fights infection.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-130", "uid": "qdyo031k7uod9" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-133", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "san-test", "sleep-at-night", "benchmark" ], "statement": "The 1937 Snow White Rescue: Housel's guiding principle for portfolio decisions: structure your investments so you can sleep peacefully without financial anxiety, even if it means a mathematically suboptimal choice.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Sleep-at-Night Test\", not \"The 1937 Snow White Rescue\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-133", "uid": "socc031v18cpl" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-138", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "margin-of-safety", "benjamin-graham", "room-for-error" ], "statement": "Graham's Room for Error: Benjamin Graham's foundational rule that every financial calculation must incorporate a generous buffer for being wrong.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"Graham's Room for Error\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-138", "uid": "1hncrcq1ae4r2" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-142", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "daniel-gilbert", "end-of-history-illusion", "psychology" ], "statement": "The Disneyland Admission Analogy: Psychologist Daniel Gilbert's discovery that humans acknowledge past personal changes but underestimate how much their desires will evolve in the future.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The End of History Illusion\", not \"The Disneyland Admission Analogy\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-142", "uid": "1kty7e31l017d9" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-145", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "sunk-cost-fallacy", "obsolete-goals", "traps" ], "statement": "The Sunk Cost Trap: Clinging to obsolete past careers, businesses, or investments out of emotional reluctance to admit that initial plans have run their course.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The Sunk Cost Trap\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-145", "uid": "3jdo7414pktsg" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-154", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "disneyland-analogy", "admission-fee", "volatility" ], "statement": "The Disneyland Admission Analogy: Disneyland charges a ticket fee to enter the park without guests feeling punished; equities require paying the emotional fee of market drops.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The Disneyland Admission Analogy\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-154", "uid": "17bqeuy1agh3ju" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-159", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "seduction-of-pessimism", "persuasion", "rhetoric" ], "statement": "Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery: The psychological bias where pessimistic predictions sound smarter, more intellectually serious, and more persuasive than optimistic forecasts.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The Seduction of Pessimism\", not \"Wagner-Jauregg's Fever Discovery\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-159", "uid": "1rf3rgpvu27dn" }, { "id": "tf-df-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-162", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "wright-brothers", "flight-coverage", "media-negativity" ], "statement": "The 2007 Narrative Blindness: The first successful powered airplane takeoff received virtually zero media coverage at the time, while plane crashes immediately dominate global news.", "isTrue": false, "why": "That's the definition of \"The 1903 Wright Flight Silence\", not \"The 2007 Narrative Blindness\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-162", "uid": "srn0d0njge7o" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-167", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "2007-subprime-blindness", "forecasting", "narratives" ], "statement": "The 2007 Narrative Blindness: The failure of major investment banks and forecasting agencies to predict the 2008 subprime crisis due to comforting economic stories.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"The 2007 Narrative Blindness\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-167", "uid": "ka591ll7wsof" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-172", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "debt-fueled-parity", "consumer-credit", "lifestyle-illusion" ], "statement": "Debt-Fueled Lifestyle Parity: The explosion of credit cards and subprime debt after 1980 used by the middle class to maintain the illusion of luxury lifestyle parity.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"Debt-Fueled Lifestyle Parity\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-172", "uid": "1a1i09qragfq2" }, { "id": "tf-d-the-psychology-of-money-item-pom-176", "shape": "trueFalse", "tags": [ "core-rule-ego", "wealth-definition", "axioms" ], "statement": "Core Rule 2: Less Ego, More Wealth: Saving money is the difference between your ego and your income, and true wealth is what you do not see.", "isTrue": true, "why": "That definition is correct for \"Core Rule 2: Less Ego, More Wealth\".", "derivedFrom": "item-pom-176", "uid": "pkqrgl2qfoxn" }, { "id": "ot-no-ones-crazy-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "ronald-read", "behavior-vs-intellect" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who left over $6 million to his local library and hospital despite working as a janitor and gas station mechanic?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ronald Read" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Richard Fuscone" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "John Bogle" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Kent Evans" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Ronald Read quietly built wealth through disciplined living and holding blue-chip stocks. Fuscone was the Wall Street executive who went bankrupt; Bogle and Evans are unrelated figures from the lesson.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "m0cbuf169xql9" }, { "id": "ot-no-ones-crazy-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "malmendier-nagel", "formative-anchoring" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which economists analyzed 50 years of Survey of Consumer Finances data to show risk tolerance is anchored to young-adult macroeconomic conditions?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ulrike Malmendier and Stefan Nagel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Benjamin Graham and John Bogle" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Bill Gates and Paul Allen" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Richard Fuscone and Cornelius Vanderbilt" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Malmendier and Nagel's study is the source of the formative-anchoring finding behind the No One's Crazy principle. The other pairs are unrelated figures from the lesson.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1e5teu612wn5f6" }, { "id": "ot-no-ones-crazy-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "401k", "financial-history" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In what year was the 401(k) plan created, according to the lesson?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1978" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1976" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1929" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1990" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The 401(k) was created accidentally in 1978 via a tax code amendment. 1976 is when Bogle launched index funds; 1929 and 1990 refer to other events in the lesson.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1kgqb1i10u6tqa" }, { "id": "ot-no-ones-crazy-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "lottery-tickets", "formative-anchoring" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Low-income American households spend how much more per year on lottery tickets than high-income households?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "4 times more" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2 times more" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "3 times more" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "10 times more" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The lesson states lowest-income households spend over $400 a year on lottery tickets, four times more than high-income households.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "knap0y1stgjj6" }, { "id": "ot-no-ones-crazy-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "no-ones-crazy", "formative-anchoring" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the 'No One's Crazy' principle, why might two people disagree sharply about how much investment risk to take?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Anchored to conditions from young adulthood" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One simply has a higher IQ" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One has read more finance textbooks" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One holds a Harvard MBA" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The principle holds that financial disagreements usually reflect different formative economic experiences, not differences in intelligence or credentials.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "xktxi526i98v" }, { "id": "ot-luck-risk-outliers-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "bill-gates", "luck" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What one-in-a-million advantage did Bill Gates have as an eighth-grader that he credited with making Microsoft possible?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Unrestricted computer access at Lakeside" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A full scholarship to Harvard" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "An internship at IBM" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A trust fund from his family" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Lakeside School was one of the only schools on Earth with an advanced teletype computer terminal, and Gates said Microsoft would not exist without that access.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ubaowfkvoaa1" }, { "id": "ot-luck-risk-outliers-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "attribution-bias", "luck-vs-risk" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "A trader credits her own skill for a winning trade but blames 'bad luck' after a loss. What is this asymmetric explanation called?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Attribution Bias" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Margin of Safety" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Fuscone Trap" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Broad Pattern Superiority" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Attribution bias is the lesson's term for crediting success entirely to skill while blaming failure on luck. The other terms are unrelated concepts from the lesson.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "j40xhx12t6y1j" }, { "id": "ot-luck-risk-outliers-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "kent-evans", "risk" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What happened to Kent Evans, illustrating the downside mirror of Bill Gates's Lakeside luck?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Died in a mountaineering accident before graduation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He dropped out to start a rival company" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He was rejected from Lakeside's computer club" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He lost his fortune in the 2008 crash" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Evans, Gates's equally gifted friend and computer-club co-founder, died in a mountaineering accident, a one-in-a-million downside tail event mirroring Gates's upside luck.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1xbwylu11cy3tm" }, { "id": "ot-luck-risk-outliers-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "bill-gates", "luck" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Roughly how many high-school-age people were there in the world in 1968, per the lesson?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "303 million" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "100 million" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1 billion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50 million" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The lesson cites roughly 303 million high-school-age people worldwide in 1968, underscoring how rare Gates's computer access was.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "13g7a7zeoya69" }, { "id": "ot-luck-risk-outliers-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "broad-patterns", "outliers" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Instead of studying extreme outliers like Rockefeller or Musk, the lesson says investors should focus on what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Broad patterns like frugality and diversification" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Copying the exact stock picks of billionaires" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Timing the market based on news cycles" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Maximizing leverage during bull markets" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Because outlier outcomes are magnified by rare, non-repeatable events, the lesson recommends studying universal patterns like frugality and diversification instead.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "cgzllj5lqjql" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-fee-vs-fine", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "volatility", "mindset" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Chapter 15 argues market volatility should be understood as what kind of price?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "An admission fee" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A penalty fine" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A processing charge" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A late fee" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Housel frames volatility as the fee paid to access long-term returns, not a fine for doing something wrong.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "uvtsv9gn1jkf" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-disneyland-fee", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "volatility", "analogy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which everyday example does the book use to explain paying an emotional 'fee' willingly?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Disneyland admission" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six Flags admission" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Universal Studios admission" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A Broadway show ticket" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Disneyland's ticket price is paid without feeling punished, just as investors must accept market drops as equity's admission fee.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ba4uz4yb676c" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-dotcom-game", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "game-clashes", "history" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which historical episode does Chapter 16 use to show investors following the wrong 'game'?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The dot-com bubble" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The 2008 subprime crisis" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The 1929 crash" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The 2020 pandemic crash" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The late-1990s dot-com bubble shows day traders' short-term game misleading long-term retirement savers who copied them.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1xa8djr1wnzr51" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-real-optimism", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "optimism", "mindset" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT how the book defines real optimism?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ignoring that bad things happen" }, { 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"tags": [ "postscript", "history" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which post-WWII program helped narrow income inequality and fuel suburban growth?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The GI Bill" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The New Deal" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Marshall Plan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Homestead Act" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The GI Bill funded suburban expansion and manufacturing growth, helping compress income inequality between 1945 and 1980.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ni1zl8p4j13" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-debt-lifestyle-parity", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "postscript", "consumer-debt" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What changed in middle-class spending behavior after 1980, per the Postscript?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Debt funded luxury lifestyles" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Savings rates rose sharply" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Homes grew more modest" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Wages matched top earners" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "After 1980, cheap consumer credit let the middle class chase top-tier lifestyles despite widening income inequality.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1wauixuzw6etm" }, { "id": "ot-pom-l6-housel-mortgage", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "housel", "personal-philosophy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What did Housel do with his own mortgage, despite it being mathematically sub-optimal?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Paid it off completely" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Refinanced to a 15-year term" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Converted it to adjustable-rate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Took out a second mortgage" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Housel paid off his 30-year fixed mortgage in full, valuing psychological peace 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This illustrates which failure?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Moving Goalpost" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Comparison Trap" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Madoff Delusion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Asymmetric Reputation Risk" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Moving Goalpost describes expectations rising in lockstep with income, so gains never produce lasting satisfaction.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "7ban4114z002j" }, { "id": "ot-never-enough-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rajat-gupta", "insider-trading" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In September 2008, Rajat Gupta leaked that Warren Buffett was investing how much into Goldman Sachs?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "$5 billion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$10 billion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$25 billion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$500 million" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Gupta tipped Raj Rajaratnam within seconds of learning of Buffett's $5 billion investment during the 2008 crisis.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1nodyrr8ch9wt" }, { "id": "ot-never-enough-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "irreplaceable-assets", "risk" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of the following is NOT identified as an irreplaceable asset that should never be risked for superfluous gain?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Health" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freedom" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Family" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reputation" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The lesson names freedom, family, reputation, and integrity as the irreplaceable assets; 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Buffett's own annualized return was 22%.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "e2vc8916ieukv" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milankovitch", "ice-age" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Milutin Milankovitch proved in the 1920s that ice ages are actually triggered by which factor?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Slightly cooler summers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Much colder winters" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Increased volcanic activity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reduced year-round sunlight" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Milankovitch showed cooler summers, not colder winters, leave snow unmelted so ice accumulates via the albedo effect.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1f5l1rd12no1er" }, { "id": "ot-compounding-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "compounding", "duration" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Buffett earned 22% annualized returns versus Jim Simons's 66%, yet Buffett's fortune ended up far larger. What best explains this?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Longer compounding duration" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Higher annualized return" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Greater use of leverage" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "More favorable tax treatment" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Buffett compounded for decades longer than Simons, proving duration matters more than peak annual returns.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "9tc2ax6mh7qv" }, { "id": "ot-wealth-traits", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "getting-wealthy", "staying-wealthy", "psychology" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the lesson, what does 'Getting Wealthy' require, in contrast to 'Staying Wealthy'?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Aggressive risk-taking and optimism" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Humility and healthy paranoia" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Frugal discipline and conservative caution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Intense fear of losing what you have" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Getting Wealthy demands risk-taking optimism; the other options describe the opposite trait set needed to Stay Wealthy.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "sptv28eb58m4" }, { "id": "ot-zero-multiplier-concept", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "0-percent-multiplier", "risk-of-ruin" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which concept describes multiplying by zero in year 21 erasing 20 years of high returns?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The 0% Multiplier" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Barbell Personality" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Cash Fortress Strategy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Survival Prerequisite" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The 0% Multiplier means one ruinous year can wipe out decades of gains; the others are related but distinct survival concepts.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "xcureq1egsiwy" }, { "id": "ot-livermore-fate", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "jesse-livermore", "survival", "case-study" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Jesse Livermore made $100 million in a single day during the 1929 crash. What ultimately happened to him?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "He lost his entire fortune within four years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He doubled his winnings by staying short for years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He retired comfortably and became a philanthropist" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He used the profits to found a hedge fund empire" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Despite his historic trading win, Livermore's unchecked leverage led him to lose everything within four years.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "13ehcw9lbi5kf" }, { "id": "ot-barbell-apply", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "barbell-personality", "risk-management" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "An investor stays optimistic about long-term growth while keeping large cash reserves against short-term shocks. Which concept is this?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Barbell Personality" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The 0% Multiplier" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Cash Fortress Strategy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Survival Prerequisite" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Barbell Personality combines aggressive long-term optimism with acute short-term paranoia about liquidity and solvency.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ugcqhe1d5gasi" }, { "id": "ot-berkshire-cash", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "berkshire-hathaway", "cash-fortress" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the lesson, why does Berkshire Hathaway hold tens of billions of dollars in cash instead of investing it for higher returns?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "To guarantee survival through any black swan crisis" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "To maximize short-term returns on idle capital" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "To meet minimum regulatory reserve requirements" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "To fund aggressive stock buybacks in bull markets" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Buffett and Munger sacrifice yield on cash to ensure Berkshire can survive any crisis without relying on lenders or bailouts.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1q4snxv8asyb1" }, { "id": "ot-longboard-40pct", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "russell-3000", "long-tails", "statistics" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Longboard Asset Management's study of the Russell 3000 (1980-2014) found what share of public companies suffered catastrophic 70%+ losses?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "40%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "7%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "65%" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "99%" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Longboard found 40% of Russell 3000 companies suffered catastrophic losses of 70% or more and never recovered.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "lgj67f1x2tif1" }, { "id": "ot-index-7pct-gains", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "russell-3000", "index-funds", "long-tails" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Longboard found that just 7% of Russell 3000 companies were responsible for what share of the index's net gains (1980-2014)?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Effectively all of the gains" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About half of the gains" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Roughly one-third of the gains" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only a small sliver of the gains" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The '7% Index Driver' shows effectively all of the Russell 3000's net gains came from just 7% of companies, like Apple and Amazon.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "12xkxh3189iuil" }, { "id": "ot-berggruen-strategy", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "heinz-berggruen", "long-tails", "art-collecting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Heinz Berggruen bought massive quantities of art, and most purchases were mediocre. What explains his eventual fortune?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A tiny 1% of purchases became priceless masterpieces" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He resold everything quickly for modest profits" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He specialized only in guaranteed blue-chip artists" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "He diversified into real estate to offset losses" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Berggruen's fortune came from the rare 1% of purchases, like Picassos, that appreciated astronomically and outweighed all mediocre buys.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "940ergy5vjss" }, { "id": "ot-berggruen-artists", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "heinz-berggruen", "art-collecting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which artist is NOT mentioned as part of Heinz Berggruen's masterwork collection in the lesson?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Pablo Picasso" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Paul Klee" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Georges Braque" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vincent van Gogh" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The lesson names Picasso, Klee, Matisse, and Braque as Berggruen's masterworks; van Gogh is not mentioned.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "e8ga51jxm18v" }, { "id": "ot-soros-quote", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "george-soros", "long-tails", "investing-philosophy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to George Soros's quote in the lesson, what actually determines investing success?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "How much you make when right versus lose when wrong" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Avoiding all investment losses entirely" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Being right more often than being wrong" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Timing the exact market tops and bottoms" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Soros argued success depends on the magnitude of gains when right and losses when wrong, not how often you're right.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "8hvwod1617u53" }, { "id": "ot-freedom-time-autonomy-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "campbell-study", "time-autonomy", "well-being" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Angus Campbell's 1981 study on well-being was conducted at which university?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Stanford University" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "University of Michigan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "University of Chicago" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Harvard University" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Campbell's landmark 1981 study, The Sense of Well-Being in America, was based on research at the University of Michigan.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1tcdlhdwkuy4j" }, { "id": "ot-freedom-time-autonomy-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "money-dividend", "time-autonomy" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The lesson identifies money's 'highest dividend' as what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ability to buy luxury goods" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ability to grow investments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Control over time and calendar" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Access to prestige and status" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The lesson states money's greatest intrinsic value is granting control over your time and daily calendar, not luxury goods, returns, or prestige.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "9y2zpuxswf7q" }, { "id": "ot-freedom-time-autonomy-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rockefeller", "leadership-style" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How did a refinery worker describe John D. Rockefeller's behavior in meetings?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Dominated meetings with orders" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Let others talk, said nothing" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Delegated decisions to staff" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Publicly praised employee ideas" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The worker said Rockefeller 'lets everybody else talk, while he sits back and says nothing,' reflecting his quiet, deliberate style.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "t3807t13kfvs7" }, { "id": "ot-freedom-time-autonomy-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "pillemer-survey", "elderly-happiness" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In Karl Pillemer's survey of 1,000 elderly Americans, how many cited buying luxury goods as a source of happiness?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "About 50 people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "About 200 people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nearly all of them" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Zero people" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Not a single one of the 1,000 elderly Americans surveyed said happiness came from buying more luxury consumer goods.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1n7y24q1j2hhha" }, { "id": "ot-freedom-time-autonomy-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "time-autonomy", "apply-concept" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which scenario best demonstrates the 'time autonomy' the lesson describes?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Factory worker with big mortgage" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "CEO working eighty-hour weeks" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Retiree with flexible schedule" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freelancer fearing lost income" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Time autonomy means controlling your own schedule; the retiree does this, while the others are bound by income pressure or long hours.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1enh0n1wno08n" }, { "id": "ot-man-in-car-paradox-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "man-in-car-paradox", "status-signaling" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What does Housel call the phenomenon where onlookers ignore a luxury car's driver and imagine themselves in it instead?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Status Symbol Illusion" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Man in the Car Paradox" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Visibility Bias" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Unpurchasable Respect" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Housel names this the Man in the Car Paradox: passersby don't admire the driver, they daydream about themselves being admired.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "l2b2318u5piv" }, { "id": "ot-man-in-car-paradox-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rihanna", "financial-mismanagement" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which pop superstar sued her financial advisor in 2009 after losing tens of millions to alleged mismanagement?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "BeyoncΓ©" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Mariah Carey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Rihanna" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Britney Spears" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Rihanna sued her financial advisor in 2009, who famously responded that spending money on things leaves you with things, not money.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ne1i049c2xtw" }, { "id": "ot-man-in-car-paradox-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "rich-vs-wealthy", "definitions" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to Chapter 9, being 'Rich' is best defined as what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Unspent income and liquidity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Income spent visibly on assets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Capital compounding in accounts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Optionality for future choices" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Rich is current income spent visibly on assets and lifestyle; the other options describe Wealth, which is unspent and retained.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "19x8f1m14ga1di" }, { "id": "ot-man-in-car-paradox-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "status-signaling", "spending" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The lesson says spending to show how much money you have is the fastest way to end up with what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "More money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The same amount of money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Less money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "No money at all" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The lesson states spending to display wealth is the fastest, most direct way to have less money.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ep9hgl1r0iacn" }, { "id": "ot-man-in-car-paradox-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "invisible-wealth", "apply-concept" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these best matches the lesson's description of invisible wealth?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Capital compounding quietly in accounts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Salary consumed by new luxury commitments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Income spent visibly on lifestyle" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Status signaling through visible consumption" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Wealth is capital left compounding quietly, unseen; the other options all describe visible spending or status signaling, which is 'Rich,' not Wealth.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "x7i024groc4k" }, { "id": "ot-eff-save-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "savings-rate", "wealth-building" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to Housel, which factor matters most for building wealth?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Income Level" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Savings Rate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Portfolio Diversification" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Investment Returns" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Housel argues savings rate matters more than returns or income: a high income with matching spending builds no wealth, while a modest income with a high savings rate can.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "31i2og1k572hg" }, { "id": "ot-eff-save-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "savings", "liquidity" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT a benefit the lesson attributes to 'saving for the sake of saving'?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Optionality" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Guaranteed higher returns" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Liquidity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Unallocated flexibility" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Saving without a specific goal buys flexibility, optionality, and liquidity, not higher investment returns, which is a separate and unrelated benefit.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "orayjs19cyfxw" }, { "id": "ot-eff-save-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "coldly-rational", "behavioral-finance" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which term describes a strategy that optimizes the math while ignoring the emotional and family side of real life?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Margin of Safety" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Sleep-at-Night Test" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Coldly Rational" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Comfortably Reasonable" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Coldly rational plans optimize the math while ignoring emotion and family dynamics, making them brittle and prone to abandonment during panics, unlike comfortably reasonable plans.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1b3m9a019r88kw" }, { "id": "ot-eff-save-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "ego", "savings-rate" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Learning to be happy with less money creates what kind of benefit for wealth building, per the lesson?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A tax benefit" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A short-term benefit" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A double benefit" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A one-time benefit" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "It is a double benefit: it frees up capital to invest while also permanently lowering the amount of money needed to live comfortably.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ff56p140d4p3" }, { "id": "ot-eff-save-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "wagner-jauregg", "market-volatility" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which condition did Wagner-Jauregg's Nobel Prize-winning fever therapy treat, used as an analogy for market volatility?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Tuberculosis" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Neurosyphilis" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Smallpox" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Malaria" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Wagner-Jauregg treated neurosyphilis by inducing malaria to create a fever; malaria was the treatment mechanism, not the disease being cured.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ywmqf8kygf1k" }, { "id": "ot-margin-err-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "margin-of-safety", "graham" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Whose foundational concept is the 'Margin of Safety,' or Room for Error, described in Chapter 13?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Daniel Gilbert" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Morgan Housel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Benjamin Graham" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Julius Wagner-Jauregg" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Benjamin Graham's Margin of Safety concept requires every financial calculation to include a generous buffer for being wrong.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "tl0xdq10dytty" }, { "id": "ot-margin-err-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "room-for-error", "risk" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT identified in the lesson as a single point of failure in personal finance?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A single employer" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Zero cash liquidity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A diversified portfolio" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A single asset class" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The lesson warns against relying on a single asset class, single employer, or zero cash liquidity; a diversified portfolio is the opposite of a point of failure.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "mz2fpj1nj0b9d" }, { "id": "ot-margin-err-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "russian-roulette", "risk" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In the lesson's Russian Roulette thought experiment, what chance of total ruin makes an otherwise attractive bet unacceptable?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1 percent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "50 percent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "20 percent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "5 percent" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Even a 95 percent chance of becoming a millionaire is unacceptable if there is a 5 percent chance of total ruin, since ruin ends your ability to keep playing.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1x0f2v5o3u86r" }, { "id": "ot-margin-err-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "end-of-history-illusion", "psychology" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Daniel Gilbert's 'End of History Illusion' describes people's tendency to do what?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Overestimate past achievements" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Underestimate future desire changes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ignore sunk costs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Overestimate future returns" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Gilbert found people readily see how much they've changed in the past but underestimate how much their desires and goals will change in the future.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "13m3bkcubfgec" }, { "id": "ot-margin-err-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "sunk-cost", "psychology" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "An investor keeps funding a failing business only because of years already invested, refusing to admit the plan failed. This illustrates which concept?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Room for Error" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Historian's Fallacy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Sunk Cost Trap" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The End of History Illusion" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The Sunk Cost Trap describes clinging to obsolete past choices out of emotional reluctance to admit a mistake, unlike Room for Error or the Historian's Fallacy.", "source": { "label": "The Psychology of Money β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1eo8a1z10exs1p" } ] }